Dermatology
San Carlos

Most of us want to maintain soft, supple, and hydrated skin. When your skin is hydrated, it also looks voluminous and youthful. But when your skin is dry, it can look scaly, cracked, and old. Skin dryness can also lead to itchiness and enhance the prominence of your fine lines and wrinkles. You may suffer from dry skin because of age, medications, seasonal changes, excessive exposure to sunlight, or underlying medical conditions. Our Dermatologist in San Carlos diagnose the root cause of your dry skin and curate a personalized treatment plan.

Eczema, also known as atopic dermatitis, is a medical condition that leads to itchy, inflamed, and dry skin. Eczema can occur at any age, but it’s particularly common amongst young children. As a chronic condition, eczema can flare up because of various triggers, leading to cracked skin, itchiness, rashes, raised bumps, oozing, crusting, and darkening of the skin. Our medical providers carefully evaluate the root cause of eczema and curate a personalized treatment plan to control the symptoms and prevent new outbreaks. Your treatment may include medications and topical creams.

People often say that the clarity and quality of the nails determine the individual’s health and beauty. You may suffer from numerous nail-related conditions, such as yeast infections, fungal infections on the fingers and toenails (onychomycosis), and unwanted discoloration and thickening of the nails because of age, genetics, and underlying medical conditions. Our Dermatologist in San Carlos will evaluate your nail-related conditions, diagnose the root cause of your problems, and curate a personalized treatment plan, which may include medications, topical creams, and/or laser therapy.

Impetigo is an extremely contagious skin infection that usually affects young children and infants. The primary signs of impetigo include reddish sores on the face, especially around the nose and mouth. The sores worsen over several days and eventually burst after one week, leading to yellowish crusts on the face. This condition usually occurs because of the staphylococci bacteria, which can be spread through linen, towels, and clothing. If you or your child has signs and symptoms of impetigo, please visit our Dermatologist in San Carlos, we can offer antibiotics and antimicrobial treatments.

Keloids are large, protruding scars that go outside the borders of the injury or trauma. The scar looks large, thickened, and protruding from the skin’s surface. You may develop keloids in any part of the skin with an active injury, such as the cheeks, chest, shoulders, and ears. Keloid scars can be brown, purple, or reddish and appear in numerous irregular shapes. They can also have different types of textures, ranging from soft and smooth to hard and rough. Your keloid treatment may include cortisone creams and injections.

Moles are extremely common growths on the skin — they can be light tan, brown, blue, pink, or red in color. Your moles can be smooth, flat, rounded, raised, or wrinkled, and some moles can also have hair growth. Moles can be congenital, or they may develop later in life, usually before 40 years of age. You may develop moles in various parts of your body, including the armpits, scalp, nails, and fingers. While most moles are harmless, some can also become cancerous, so you must be aware of potential changes in their appearance.

Psoriasis is a skin condition that leads to scaly, thickened, red, and itchy lesions that affect various parts of your body. Psoriasis can occur because of numerous reasons, such as genes, stress, injuries, medications, and infections. This is a chronic condition with no known cure, but we can still control the symptoms and prevent future flare-ups and triggers. Our Dermatologist in San Carlos will evaluate your symptoms, diagnose the root cause of psoriasis, identify the triggers, and curate a personalized treatment plan, which may include topical creams, oral medications, injections, and lasers.

Skin infections may occur because of numerous reasons, such as injuries, bacteria, germs, viruses, parasites, and fungi. Mild infections can usually be treated with over-the-counter medications, but severe infections must be treated with prescription medications, topical creams, and other personalized treatments. Our medical providers will carefully examine the signs of infection, discuss your symptoms, and administer tests to diagnose the root cause of your skin infection. After a thorough evaluation, the medical provider will curate a personalized treatment plan for your skin infection.

Skin tags are noncancerous growths usually found within the folds of your skin, such as the groins, eyelids, armpits, breasts, etc. Skin tags are essentially excess collagen fibers lodged within skin tissues, which makes them protrude outwards. Almost half of the world’s population has skin tags, but they’re especially common amongst individuals who are overweight. Skin tags are harmless, but they can cause mild discomfort when they snag on clothing. Removing a skin tag is fairly simple — the Dermatologist in San Carlos uses a razor-like tool to shave it off.

Spider veins are dense clusters of damaged blood vessels. They look like extremely thin, thread-like veins that appear just underneath the skin’s surface. Spider veins may appear on the face when your superficial blood vessels are capillaries burst. But you may also develop spider veins in your legs when your vein valves collapse, leading to backward blood circulation and the accumulation of blood in leg veins. Our medical providers treat spider veins using sclerotherapy injections or laser vein treatment — your treatment plan depends on the location, size, and depth of your spider veins.