Learn about mechanisms behind stress or anxiety causing acid reflux. You may know full-well that acid reflux can be caused or triggered by anxiety and stress. But just how does this work? “Stress may cause [...]
Finally, an explanation for what causes that gooey, white, slimy substance inside the walls of your mouth. As annoying as that white, sticky and gooey substance inside the walls of your mouth is, it’s actually [...]
A TCA peel won’t work for under-eye wrinkles, says a plastic surgeon. A big question out there is: Does a TCA peel work for wrinkles under the eyes? “TCA is an excellent peel, but it [...]
Learn how many TCA peels you need in order to get rid of brown (age) spots and why they might return. Age spots typically appear on the face and hands, and they may resemble freckles [...]
A plastic surgeon gives advice about Accutane following a rhinoplasty (nose job). Accutane is a drug that is commonly prescribed for the treatment of acne. A regular user of Accutane for this purpose may wonder [...]
A plastic surgeon offers advice about a hard nose tip after a rhinoplasty... It’s common for the tip of the nose to be hard after a rhinoplasty. This is normal, and its occurrence depends on [...]
Find out what you can do about painful spasms after breast augmentation surgery. “Depending on where the implant was placed, it [pain] could be due to occasional spasms that one would have,” says Allen Gabriel, [...]
A plastic surgeon explains what to do about stubborn dissolvable stitches following breast augmentation. You’ve had breast enlargement surgery and were sutured with dissolvable stitches—but they’re not dissolving. What’s going on here? “Depending on what [...]
Find out from an ENT doctor what you can do about blocked ears in the morning and what causes this. Ever awaken with one ear “blocked” or both of them? “Causes of blockage in the [...]
If you’ve been wondering if the pain in one or both of your ears can be coming from something wrong in your sinuses, you may very well be correct. But it's important to realize that this [...]
Learn the cause and solutions to dry mucous chunks in your nose every morning. Regarding what causes chunks of dry mucous to build up in one’s nose overnight and cause a blockage in the morning, [...]
A physician explains where the white slimy gunk on the inside of lips comes from... Have you experienced a white, slimy, goopy substance on the inside of your lips? “The slimy substance in the mouth [...]
Warning: Lying down in the name of herniated disc pain is not a smart decision. Pain in the back (or radiating down the buttocks and/or the leg) from a herniated disc? It may seem logical [...]
A spine doctor explains how to take Aleve for pain relief from a lumbar herniated disc. After all, many people actually do wonder just how to take Aleve to combat the discomfort of a herniated (bulging [...]
Find out the truth about chiropractic manipulation on a herniated disc in the low back. Some people are scared to see a chiropractor regarding their herniated (bulging) disc. This is understandable, since many men and [...]
Yes, there is technology that can catch melanoma very early -- much earlier than what a dermatologist's handheld scope can detect. The waiting game with moles is over; you do not have to wait till [...]
Actinic keratosis is a so-called precancerous lesion caused by sun damage. Can these lesions be prevented with application of retin A? Retin A is also known as retinoic acid. To find out if retin A [...]
Does melanoma risk differ in blondes who always tan and blondes who always burn? If you’ve heard that blonde hair is a risk factor for melanoma, perhaps you’ve wondered about olive skinned people who have [...]
Learn more about stage 1 melanoma and its appearance. It's a smart question: Can stage 1 melanoma look like a normal (benign) mole? “A stage 1 melanoma can look like a normal or featureless mole [...]
Maybe you’ve heard that melanoma can be blue, but how often is this? What is the answer to how common or often is a melanoma blue? “Not common. They are rare, aggressive and often lethal," [...]
Find out if neurological symptoms at time of head trauma that soon vanish are predictive of chronic subdural hematoma even with normal CT. Is a person more likely to develop a chronic subdural hematoma if, [...]
Learn more about the odds of an elderly patient on Coumadin developing chronic subdural hematoma after hitting their head. It’s not a pretty trio: 1) Coumadin therapy 2) Getting hit in the head 3) Elderly [...]
A neurosurgeon answers the question of what percent of people with a normal CT scan after hitting their head develop a chronic subdural hematoma. Out of all the people who have a normal CT scan [...]
Is there a time of day that symptoms of chronic subdural hematoma typically begin? You may be wondering if there’s a particular time of day that a person, who’s destined to develop a chronic subdural [...]
Ever wonder if those horrid lip jobs are the result of botched collagen injections? You’ve probably seen photos of women with grossly enlarged lips that go beyond the infamous “trout pout.” Can collagen injections ruin [...]
A plastic surgeon explains what works best to medically make lips plumper and fuller. There’s more than one way to make lips plumper and fuller medically, but is one particular way the best? Let’s face [...]
If you’ve discovered a new mole and you’re 60-plus, don’t wait to get this checked out by a dermatologist. If you’re over age 60 you may be noticing new spots arising on your skin on [...]
People of color are at higher risk for melanoma (skin cancer) in their fingernails. Melanoma can arise in the fingernail, or nail bed, and is called acral lentiginous melanoma. Below is a photo of what this [...]
What if a melanoma doesn’t conform to the ABCDE guidelines? Melanoma can pass as a normal mole simply because there’s always a beginning to this disease process. In very early melanoma, the ABCDE guidelines don’t [...]
Blonde hair (which usually goes with fair skin) is a melanoma risk factor, but what about for biracial people with olive or caramel skin? How often have you read that “blonde hair and blue eyes” [...]
A dermatologist discusses how often a mole with melanoma is a black color. I wondered how common is it that a melanoma lesion is black — not dark brown, but true black. And can a [...]
You may know that having many moles is a melanoma risk factor, but is this still a risk if you have a dark complexion? Have you ever seen a person with a dark complexion and [...]
A lentigo can pass as a mole or birthmark; can it ever become a melanoma? Whether or not a lentigo, which often looks just like a small mole or birth mark, could morph into melanoma, [...]
There are several possible causes for the white, slimy and sticky substance that forms on the inner walls of your mouth. Though experiencing a white, gooey substance on the inner walls of your mouth is [...]
A dermatologist explains causes of itchy arms and legs during winter and what you can do about this. “Winter itch is extremely common,” says Gary Goldenberg, MD, of Goldenberg Dermatology, and assistant professor of dermatology and pathology [...]
Can a non-healing scab be benign or is it always cancer? You’ve probably heard for years that one of the classic signs of cancer is “a scab that won’t heal.” But is a non-healing scab [...]
If you need a microdiscectomy but are not suitable for general anesthesia, this procedure CAN be done using regional. You may fear general or be a poor candidate for it, but this doesn’t mean you [...]
A spine doctor explains about medications for the pain of sciatic nerve pressure. Sciatic nerve impingement can be caused by a herniated disc or a spasming piriformis muscle. Either way, the pain has been described [...]
How can a patient do physical therapy for a herniated disc if it hurts too much to exercise? What if you have a herniated disc and find that the physical therapy exercises are impossible to [...]
The risk of stroke seems to differ depending on type of transient ischemic attack symptoms a person experiences. A transient ischemic attack (TIA) is a mini stroke, when a clot forms in a blood vessel in [...]
