http://nyti.ms/1X1zF4g Look, we’re not here to nag. We all know we’re supposed to use sunscreen more reliably than we probably do. Instead of hounding you again, we asked experts for tips on skin cancer prevention and using sunscreen that you’re less likely to have heard: the counterintuitive, the new or the little-known. Here’s what they told us. [...]
According to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, cosmetic procedures across the country are on the rise. In Knoxville, Knoxville Institute of Dermatology is seeing a similar increase in demand for cosmetic procedures. Americans spent more than $13.5 billion in 2015 on cosmetic procedures. That's an increase of $1.5 billion from 2014 to 2015.Since 2010, nonsurgical [...]
Dr. Elizabeth Anderson, a board-certified dermatologist with Knoxville Institute of Dermatology in Knoxville, Tennessee, gave a lecture on skin cancer to the Family Medicine Department at the University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville this week. Dr. Anderson spoke to resident physicians and attending physicians on basal cell skin cancer, squamous cell skin cancer, and melanoma. [...]
The summer will be here sooner than we expect and that means plenty of well-deserved fun in the sun.Unfortunately, the more we expose our skin to the sun, the greater our risk of developing skin cancer. That’s why the American Academy of Dermatologists (AAD) designated May as Skin Cancer Awareness Month, complete with educational tools, [...]
