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Did you know that May is both skin cancer and melanoma awareness month in the United States? In the U.S., more than 2 million people develop skin cancers each year, and skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in North America.
Myth: Botox is painful
Fact: Botox discomfort is very mild, most people rating it a 1 out of 10 in pain (like a mosquito bite)
Myth: Botox freezes everything and you look like a Hollywood weirdo or you look fake.
Fact: Botox performed properly by an expert dermatologist can make you look relaxed and more youthful, without anyone knowing you had anything done…
As a leading expert in rosacea, our very own Dr. Benjamin Barankin was quoted in “Emerging therapies offer clinical alternatives for rosacea” in The Chronicle of Skin & Allergy. He discusses a new topical treatment for rosacea (ivermectin) which is a great treatment for rosacea that has papules and pustules….
Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Kybella (deoxycholic acid), a treatment for adults with moderate-to-severe fat below the chin, known as submental fat. We should hopefully have this treatment in Canada within 1-2 years.
The April 21st issue of The Medical Post featured a terrific article on Medical Misconceptions, and some interesting facts. For instance:
I am still often surprised when patients come into our clinic and admit that they don’t wear sunscreen. Certainly I can understand that patients who are a little older may not be in practice of applying sunscreen daily or properly due in fact to being raised to believe that the sun is good for us. For those people, I say we may have been under that impression when we were young, but the world has changed and with the sun stronger now and the depletion of the ozone layer, you would have to be in complete darkness not to have heard that excessive sun exposure can be fatal.
Dr. Benjamin Barankin was just interviewed by Global News about the dangers from trying Kylie Jenner’s Lip Challenge
Dr. Benjamin Barankin was recently quoted in Canadian Living in the article “10 effective ways to manage rosacea: learn to banish redness and inflammation caused by rosacea.” Rosacea is a very common problem, affecting 2 million Canadians, and April is National Rosacea Awareness Month. Unfortunately many people don’t know they have this condition and that there are very good treatments available. Click here to view the article.
