Shingles on our roof are a good thing, especially during a summer Illinois thunderstorm. But if you’re not a roofer the word “shingles” is one you don’t want to come across. Shingles is a skin disease that can be exceedingly painful. If you had chicken pox when you were little, you can get shingles when […]
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If you’re reading Dr. Musick’s blog, you probably have seen a couple previous blogs on his new treatment for seborrheic keratoses. Seb…what? OK, you’re still wearing your hair to cover those brown spots on the side of your forehead and around your ear, aren’t you? Come on, ESKATA is the coolest thing Illinois has seen
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Leopards are cool. So are jaguars. So are cheetahs. But these famed big cats all have one thing that us biped types don’t want — spots. Problem is when we have our 50th birthday, complete with the black-frosted birthday cake and obligatory gag gifts of adult diapers, we also often get the gift of…spots. Seborrheic keratoses
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While there has always been some cloudiness in the minds of most people between what is dermatitis and what is an allergy, studies show there is a relationship. If parents get hay fever or other allergies, it’s more likely their kids will have eczema, and then in their adult years will be more likely to
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You may not know what a seborrheic keratosis is, much less how to spell it, but odds are you have one or many. Over 83 million Americans — that’s about one out of every four of us — have seborrheic keratoses (SKs). These are dark, crusty brown spots that are slightly raised and create slight
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Human skin tends to form spots. From freckles to sun spots, moles to actinic keratoses…to seborrheic keratoses. Some of those, actinic keratoses, for instance, merit keeping a close eye on because they can evolve into skin cancer. Others, such as seborrheic keratoses are generally harmless but universally despised because they’re ugly. At Musick Dermatology we
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If you have some dark, crusty brown spots that are slightly raised on your skin, you’re not alone. In fact, you have 83 million potential friends with that in common. That’s how many Americans have seborheic keratosis lesions. The growths are harmless, but ugly. In the past the only way to get rid of these
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Halloween’s over and you may have put the usual creepy spiders adorning most area porches out of your mind. But November’s a great time to take care of some other spiders, as in those coursing about on your legs. Spider veins. Ugh. Those purple, red, and blue clusters of web-like veins just under the surface
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If you follow the aesthetic industry at all, you’ve probably caught some of the buzz surrounding the HydraFacial. Merging facials with exfoliation, chemical peels with healing serums, HydraFacial was winner of New Beauty’s 2015 “Best In-Office Treatment.” Dr. Musick offers the HydraFacial at his practice, and your face will love it! What is HydraFacial? The
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