Patient Education

Straight answers to common skin questions

Short, plainly written articles on the questions patients actually ask — each one reviewed by a board-certified dermatologist at this practice, with the supporting literature cited at the bottom.

Microscope image of a Mohs tissue section stained with MART-1, used to assess melanoma margins, from the practice's own laboratory

Can Mohs Surgery Be Used for Melanoma?

Yes, for selected melanomas. Here is how Mohs compares with wide excision, what the recurrence and survival studies show, and who may be a candidate.

Still life of a glass jar of plain petrolatum and a roll of cotton gauze on linen

Should You Put Neosporin on a Wound?

Probably not. Two of its three antibiotics are among the most common causes of allergic skin rashes — and for a clean wound, plain petrolatum works just as well.

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