Dermatologist NYC- Susan Bard, M. D.

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A very common skin condition, seborrheic dermatitis affects more than three million people every year. It causes itchy, red skin or rashes with white scales. If you have this condition, you’ll find it on your scalp, face, forehead, and on the folds of skin around your nose, eyes, ears and eyelids. When it appears on your body, you’ll see it on the folds of the skin — including under your arms, below your breasts and around your groin, buttocks and navel.

Your skin is the largest organ in your body, but it’s open to many attacks from countless different sources. It’s no wonder that your skin is prone to bumps, cuts, bruises, blemishes and rashes. Red dots on the skin can mean almost anything. The most reliable means of figuring out what’s behind those blemishes, though, involves a visit to an experienced New York dermatologist for a definitive diagnosis.

Bruises are one of the most common skin conditions in the world. Most everyone experiences bruising during their lifetimes, and you may see bruises quite regularly, from young childhood into old age. Bruises are visible signs of trauma to your skin. They are caused by blood trapped underneath your skin.

If you’ve contracted a skin condition that seems like acne or small pimples, but doesn’t respond to the usual treatments, you may very well have keratosis pilaris. A visit to your New York City dermatology office can “clear things up” about the nature of your skin condition and how to treat it. Keratosis pilaris are rough bumps on your skin that some say look like the skin of a plucked chicken.

The common wart is a tough, grainy bump that commonly shows up on your hands and fingers. It’s caused by a virus that’s highly contagious and passed around by touch. That’s why warts are seen so often on kids, young adults and others with undeveloped or weakened immune systems.