Tim Hoar

Filler injections are one of the most popular cosmetic procedures performed worldwide in part due to their ease of use, as well as efficacy and safety.

Standard treatments for moderate-to-severe, refractory psoriatic disease generally involve immunosuppressant medications, which can complicate treatment in patients with concomitant immune suppression, including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.

In an era of rapidly changing medical guidelines it is important for dermatologists to be aware of the current recommendations for disease management.

Sarcoidosis is a granulomatous immune-mediated inflammatory disorder. It remains a challenging disease to diagnose and treat because it has multiple cutaneous presentations, it can affect any organ system, and it is a diagnosis that can only be made when other granulomatous conditions, including infections, have been ruled out.

Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic inflammatory skin disease with an early age of onset. Medical therapies with anti-inflammatory properties are the mainstay of treatment.

Body contouring is gaining popularity in the aesthetic world, as many patients are opting for non-surgical treatments to reduce fat and to improve their appearance.

During my residency training, we were taught to encourage parents to use Benadryl® (diphenhydramine) or Atarax® (hydroxyzine) at night to help their itchy children sleep better.

The few paragraphs devoted to granuloma annulare (GA) in classic dermatology textbooks do not provide justice to the volume of patients seen with this condition in clinical practice.

You are seeing a 30-year-old man with a history of established psoriasis in your outpatient dermatology clinic. The patient has well-controlled human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and he takes a new antiretroviral (ARV) medication, Biktarvy®.