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By Dr. Jason K. Rivers
It’s only skin deep, but melanoma is a potentially deadly spot caused by exposure to ultraviolet light from either the sun or artificial light sources. There will be 6,000 new cases of melanoma in Canada this year, and another 1,050 people are predicted to die from this cancer. In North America, someone dies from melanoma every hour.
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This week I had a patient in for a consult. She was a young girl, mid-twenties, with darker skin. She had decided to purchase one of those hand held devices that apparently is a laser for permanent hair reduction. Well the first thing I thought was, “poor girl just wasted a few hundred dollars on a useless machine….
I remember when Groupon and the like started popping up all over the place. I thought “oh my, what is this going to do to the esthetics industry?” At first, it was easy to just go about normal business, catering to those who were inclined to go to the best clinics choosing quality over bargain hunting….
Our very own dermatologist Dr. Anatoli Freiman is chair of the Canadian Dermatology Association’s Sun Protection Program and reviews sunscreens use for the summer. Check it out in “How to know which sunscreen to use this summer“.
We’re sometimes asked whether this lesion or that lesion can be removed at our dermatology centre. The simple answer is that any lesion, lump or bump that you can see or feel in the skin can be removed by our award-winning dermatologists and plastic surgeons…
Many people still don’t know that at Toronto Dermatology Centre, we offer one of the most comprehensive skin cancer clinics in Canada. Our dermatologists provide full skin exams, examination of skin lesions by dermoscopy, and we have outstanding plastic surgeons for removing of skin cancers….
Dr. Barankin was recently quoted in “Clearing up the confusion about acne” which was published on the Skin Care Awareness website, as well as in the National Post….
About a month ago, one of our dermatologists sent a patient over to the medical esthetics side of the clinic for a consult. I took one look at her and the problem was obvious. She said she had been dealing with acne for years and had tried everything in the book to get rid of it….
Our very own Dr. Anatoli Freiman was quoted in a recent article on the importantance of sunscreen and sun protection. In the article “Sunscreen can protect against cancer-causing UV rays – if it’s used properly”, by Sheryl Ubelacker from The Canadian Press, can be found here.
