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Phone: 212-389-9919
About US
A dermatologist is a medical doctor, earning an MD (Doctor ofMedicine) or a DO (Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine) license that allowsthe individual to specialize in treating many of the physical featuresthat make you human.Acne is the most common skin disease in the world — 80 percent of allpeople experience an acne breakout at some point in their lives, oftenduring the teenage years. Acne is a skin condition in which the poresbecome clogged with sebum (oil) and dead skin cells. These clogs arereferred to as comedones or blackheads and whiteheads.Propionibacterium acnes bacteria found on the skin can becomes trappedin these clogged pores. As the bacteria thrive on the sebum andpustule begins to form. Over time this triggers an inflammatoryresponse from and a deep tender cystic lesion may form, which mayeventually lead to follicle rupture if untreated. Eczema, also called atopic dermatitis, is one of the diagnoses you getwhen you have red spots on your skin that become inflamed and itchy.