Dry & Sensitive Skin Care

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Your health is more important than beauty, but your skin health is your most visible beauty. Thus, the most beautiful rose can wither away into a dried-up flake. Are you this dried rose? If so, then you need to learn the ABC's of Dry & Sensitive Skin. Beautiful skin begins with true moisturization. You can have skin peels, plastic surgery, Botox, and use the finest cosmetics, but your skin will never show its truest, fullest beauty until it is truly moisturized. The ABC's will teach you the truth about dry skin care, true moisturization, and soft, lovely, touchable skin.

Acne, Blemishes, & Rosacea

People were interviewed and asked what was most important to their appearance: A thin body, muscles, etc., or clear skin. Clear skin was voted number one. A recent review on human sexuality found that clear skin is valued as the #1 factor in physical attraction. So, clear skin is important in bonding and self worth. My goal is for you to have the clearest skin possible via education, topical and oral therapy, Retin-A, Tazorac, antibiotics, Accutane, acne peels, acne surgery, and our Smoothbeam laser for acne and acne scarring.

Complexion Therapy

Though these can ruin your complexion, Dr. Jacobs can evaluate your complexion and can help treat:

Blotchiness, Sun Damage, Unwanted Moles, Dryness, Warts, Rashes, Veins, Age Spots, Wrinkles, Scars, Melasma, Freckles, Acne, Whiteheads, Blackheads, Cysts, Acne Scars.

Skin Peels and Retinoids

Is your skin weatherbeaten from years of sun exposure or tanning? With aging, your skin becomes unable to shed dark blotches, sun damage, and a dull, lifeless complexion. The function of a skin peel is to create an even controlled shedding of several layers of damaged skin cells. Peeling exposes a new fresh layer of skin with a more even color and smoother texture. This rejuvenating process can decrease wrinkling and can improve skin complexion. For people with sun damaged skin, a light to medium TCA chemical skin peel can stimulate new collagen and elastic tissue formation, thereby tightening the skin and minimizing wirnkles. For those with acne, a TCA or Betaliftx peel can improve complexion, soften scars, and can decrease acne breakouts. For those with irregular color from sun, hormones, pregnancy, or melasma, a TCA peel or Betaliftx peel may help restore evenness of color. Dr. Jacobs may suggest retinoid, 5-fluorouracil, or hydroquinone prepeel preparation. This preparation will promote a more even peel with faster healing.

Leg Vein Sclerotherapy

Shorts for the summer? Sclerotherapy is a relatively safe and effective method for unwanted "spider veins" with diameters less than one millimeter. A fine #30 needle is used, and the procedure is not unbearably painful. In order to minimize side effects, Dr. Jacobs uses polidocanol solution, not saline. For most people, the unwanted leg vein becomes a bruise that disappears in about 8-10 weeks, and is eventually reabsorbed by your body's own immune system.

Deep Comedone Extractions

Deep comedone extractions, also referrred to as "acne surgery," can open blocked pores to clear unwanted whiteheads and blackheads. Deep comedone extractions go one step beyond facials allowed in usual beauty salons, and are carefully performed in our dermatology office by either Dr. Jacobs or his licensed physician assistant.

Botox For Wrinkles

Lines and wrinkles often develop on overlying skin from continuous use of facial muscles. After years, furrows may remain along these facial expression lines. This is especially true of lines on the forehead and between the eyebrows. Other lines, such as crow's feet, may make you appear older than your actual age. Botox relaxes muscles at treated sites to prevent these unwanted facial lines and wrinkles.

Unwanted Skin Growths

Unfortunately your skin may grow unwanted moles, tags, cysts, bumps, and lumps. Unwanted growths can bother you and may affect your overall facial and body appearance. Dr. Jacobs can help. Most face and body skin growth removals are more affordable, easier, and less painful than you would expect. HMO patients, cash patients, and patients whose insurance does not cover cosmetic removals may qualify for discounts.

What is Beautiful Skin?

Beautiful skin begins with healthy skin... skin that is well moisturized, healed from the skin damaging effects of sun, weather, and age, and free of infection and inflamation. When the exposures of life overwhelm you, your skin will ask for help. Who do you call? Skin problems can be difficult, so, you should call a specialist. We specialize in all types of skin disease. Our dermatolgic proficiency includes caring, up to date medical and surgical diagnostics, therapeutics, prevention, personalized skin education, and care.

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