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Itchy Skin – Causes And Treatments On Sun Sentinel Live Health Chat

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Itchy Skin was the topic of a live health chat Dr. Mejia participated in today with Dr. Marta Rendon on the Sun Sentinel Health Chat . It was simultaneously in all the Tribune Co. papers:  The Sun-Sentinel, LA Times, Chicago Tribune, Orlando Sentinel, Baltimore Sun, Hartford Courant.

Some definitions of the different types of skin conditions and diseases for itchy skin are:

Psoriasis (sore-EYE-ah-sis) is a chronic (long-lasting) disease. It develops when a person’s immune system sends faulty signals that tell skin cells to grow too quickly. New skin cells form in days rather than weeks. The body does not shed these excess skin cells. The skin cells pile up on the surface of the skin, causing patches of psoriasis to appear. Continue reading “Itchy Skin – Causes And Treatments On Sun Sentinel Live Health Chat” →

Moles: A Dysplastic Nevi Is Not A Cancerous Mole

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A dysplastic nevi is an irregular mole. We all have many different types of moles in our body and many times dermatologists biopsy these moles that look a little bit abnormal and have a different shape or different configuration. Primarily we are looking for the rules of melanoma or the A, B, C, D’s:

Laser Co2 – Gold Treatment For Skin Resurfacing

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Are you looking for a quick treatment with minimal recovery time to treat deep wrinkles, sun damage and/or scarring without going under the knife?  Then consider UltraPulse Fractional Laser CO2. At Jupiter Dermatology we consider UltraPulse the gold standard treatment for skin laser resurfacing.

What is it you ask? Fractional  laser CO2 is an ablative laser resurfacing treatment which delivers energy deep into the skin helping to remodel collagen and tighten the skin up to 30%. Let’s face it, our skin changes every day and ages more every year. With fractional CO2 you can get back that youthful appearance. With one treatment you will see fine lines around your eyes and above your lip disappear and the loose skin starting at your jaw and under your chin tighten. Brown spots…Gone!

UltraPulse has been seen on “The Doctor’s” and the Today show, demonstrating resurfacing of aging skin and scar revision. This procedure does require minimal downtime and results can be expected to last up to 6 years. Schedule your consultation today to erase 10-15 years off your skin.

Jupiter Dermatology provides this same treatment.

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Best Sunblock For Women

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tizo-sunblockWhat is the best sunblock for women? Tizo3 is our number one rated facial block among women in our practice. This sunscreen lotion gives you physical protection in a mineral based sunblock with a light tint. Tizo3 is free of chemicals and parabens making it ideal for all skin types. Women enjoy this sunblock because they get the most protection needed without leaving the skin with a white chalky appearance.
Tizo3 has a soft, silky texture and gives the skin a nice matte finish making this sunblock a great makeup primer as well. At Jupiter Dermatology & Hair Restoration, we strongly recommend using Tizo3 sunblock on a daily basis. Using a good sunblock can help prevent premature aging caused by UVA and UVB rays.

Grow Your Eyelashes ~ Latisse Special Discount

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latisse-discountGrow your eyelashes! Did you know that Latisse  is a prescription treatment for hypotrichosis used to grow eyelashes, making them longer, thicker and darker? Eyelash hypotrichosis is another name for having inadequate or not enough eyelashes.

Latisse is having a special discount – Buy One Get One Free! This is a limited time only offer and  expires April 30, 2011.

To receive the special, visit our office and get a prescription for Latisse,  purchase Latisse at our office, attach proof of purchase and UPC bar code from Latisse box to the certificate form and then  mail in  the certificate.

Jupiter Dermatology At “You Go Girl” Event

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We will be one of the exhibitors at the 4th Annual You Go Girl women’s charity event on April 7th. at Frenchman’s Reserve in Palm Beach Gardens. Proceeds will benefit the treatment of women’s reproductive cancer at the Ella Milbank Foshay Cancer Treatment Center at Jupiter Medical Center.

There will be over 55 exhibitors and look forward to meeting many of you in the local Jupiter community.  Some of the products we will have on hand for purchase will be the Clarisonic Brush, Youngblood Mineral Makeup and Tizo3.

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Moles – Explanation & Live Biopsy

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Moles sometimes appear out of the blue and in this case, this patient wanted to get it checked to make sure that it is not a cancerous mole. Dr. Mejia inspects the mole by using a dermatascope, a magnification device which allows for close up view of moles. After inspection, he sees that it is a cutaneous horn which is an overgrowth of skin but sometimes can be underlying skin cancer, pre-cancer or a wart. The treatment for this is to do a biopsy and remove it. Continue reading “Moles – Explanation & Live Biopsy” →

Skin Cancer Treatment Options

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The different skin cancer treatment options are:

  • Mohs surgery – see description below.
  • Radiation surgery involves going to the hospital on multiple visits to get radiation.
  • Scraping or burning called electrodessication, curettage depending on the location of the skin cancer. This option has a tendency of producing a round whitish scar as opposed to a cosmetic line scar.
  • Excision or removal of the skin cancer without Mohs surgery. With this option, there are wider margins, so there is a risk of leaving a larger scar and the potential risk of not getting it all out the first time and having to go back and repeat the procedure.
  • In some cases, you can use topical immunotherapy with a medication called Imiquimod, or Aldara

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Live Botox Demonstration – Botox Palm Beach

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Are you Looking for Botox Palm Beach area? Dr. Mejia, a board certified dermatologist has many patients come from different neighboring areas to receive Botox treatments. He has special training and has been performing botox treatments for many years with excellent results.

Watch as Dr. Mejia places botox injections on a patient. He explains that there might be some swelling of the tissue as the Botox treatment settles down. Altough in this case, the Botox injections were applied without anesthesia, and the patient did not feel much discomfort, he does apply topical anesthesia if a patient wishes. Continue reading “Live Botox Demonstration – Botox Palm Beach” →