Knoxville Institute of Dermatology is excited to announce our newest location in Morristown! We will be located in the Baptist Eye Surgeons building and seeing patients starting in January 2023. Call our office today to schedule your appointment! 3001 W. Andrew Johnson Hwy Morristown, TN 37814
Summer is finally here!! For many that includes basking in the sun for endless hours. Whether spending time at the beach or enjoying time with family in your backyard, it's important we remember sun safety. Getting too much sun puts us at risk for developing a skin cancer, even a melanoma. Did you know? [...]
What You Need To Know About Your Body's Largest Organ Dermatology, the study of diseases of the skin—the human body’s largest organ--is both misunderstood and underrated. Even some physicians in other specialties think it’s “easy,” or borders on the trivial, but skin diseases are important because they are common, impose a huge economic and psychological [...]
Protecting Your Skin from the Winter Sun It is important to protect your skin year-round to lower your risk of getting skin cancer. It's easy to think that Winter is a time to lower your guard when it comes to sunscreen. The temperature plummets and as you bundle up you most likely aren't thinking about [...]
Wearing sunscreen, seeking shade, wearing protective clothing, and not using a tanning bed are the best ways to prevent melanoma and other skin cancers! Frequent self skin exams and yearly skin checks with a board-certified dermatologist are the best ways to catch skin cancer early for optimal treatment results!
Surgeon general, Jerome Adams outlined how exposure to ultraviolet rays from the sun or tanning beds can increase the likelihood of melanoma and described the warning signs. He said in reference to his wife Lacey Adams' recent diagnosis that she used to tan frequently. Read the full article here. Melanoma Facts from The Skin [...]
When looking for the right dermatologist, start by determining whether the doctor you're considering is a board-certified dermatologist. If you can't be seen directly by a certified dermatologist, she recommends looking for a practice that's under the direction of a board-certified dermatologist. In those cases, you may see a nurse practitioner or a physician [...]
Melanoma is the most dangerous and aggressive form of skin cancer. If melanoma is caught early, the five-year survival rate is 98 percent. The survival rate drops to 62 percent if the disease reaches the lymph nodes, and 18 percent when melanoma metastasizes to distant organs. The more common skin cancers, basal cell carcinomas [...]
Summer is quickly coming to an end, and our children are headed back to school. Sunscreen may not be on the school supplies list, but it should be on yours! Teaching kids sun safe habits is the best way to send them back to school worry-free! UV rays are most intense from 10 AM to [...]
