Patient presents with a vascular birthmark during skin exam present since childhood. She states that the area was lighter as a child, but over the past five years, it has become progressively darker. During skin exam, she inquired about options for treating it for cosmetic reasons. At Florida Skin center, we specialize in vascular…
This guest is a 21-year-old male that came to our office complaining of years of suffering from acne that did not respond to treatment. He started treatment with isotretinoin and obtained fantastic results in a 5-month course of oral medication. Please see pictures below showing our guest at the beginning of treatment, at the end…
A new guest presented to the office for generalized redness to the face secondary to rosacea wanting to discuss treatment options. Rosacea can be treated with oral and topical medications but the redness associated with rosacea is best treated with laser therapy. This patient has undergone 3 laser sessions which have been very successful.…
This guest is a 35-year-old woman that was seen in our office complaining of extremely dry, scaly, painful, and itchy skin on the hands. Picture 1 shows her hands on her first visit. She was diagnosed with hand eczema and started treatment with steroid creams, vitamin D cream, and emollients. After a couple of…
This patient presented to our office with two, elevated and bothersome scars to his shoulder. He was diagnosed with having keloid scars at the visit which is a scar that has become thickened and has grown beyond the boundaries of the original margins of the scar. The most common symptoms related to keloids are…
This is a 54-year-old female guest that came to our practice asking to have a mole removed from her cheek. She was diagnosed with a “solar lentigo”, also commonly known as an “age spot” or “liver spot”. These lesions are benign areas of hyperpigmentation, usually caused by chronic skin damage due to sun exposure. They…
This patient presented to our office with long-standing hair loss. She had visited a dermatology provider at another practice prior to visiting us who had advised her that nothing could be done for her type of hair loss. After gathering a thorough history, ordering blood work, and performing a scalp biopsy for further evaluation of…
During this pandemic, our practice has seen a great number of guests presenting with irritation on the skin of their hands. In many of these cases, this irritation is caused by the increased frequency in hand washing with harsh soaps and the repeated use of hand sanitizers. These pictures belong to a 64-year-old guest…
A new guest came presenting to our office with a patch of triangular hair loss to her left hairline for more than one year. She stated she had not tried any treatments to the area since it had begun. The area of hair loss was biopsied at her appointment and results came back as…
This 83-year-old male guest came to our office complaining of intense itching, pain, tenderness, and burning sensation, on a blistering rash that appeared two days before, on the left side of his chest and back. The guest was diagnosed with “shingles” or Herpes Zoster Virus (HZV). This condition occurs on people that had previously had…
