One dermatologist is taking a new approaching and looking to treat skin cancers with cosmetic lasers.
Here’s what to know.
Just one quick q as you tick the boxes on your summer bucket listwhen was your last skin check?
Typically, a dermatologist will biopsy anything suspicious they come across during a skin check.
If it needs treatment, then thats another appointment to have it removed.
The optical imaging technique takes snapshots of skin at 30-fold magnification.
dermatologist and founder of OptiSkin
This way, you get an immediate diagnosis, she notes.
(It boasts a 99 percent cure rate, according to theSkin Cancer Foundation).
Extremely precise, it allows the surgeon to clear only the cancerous cells, leaving the healthy ones intact.
Its surgery, says Dr. Markowitzsomething most people would choose to avoid if given an option.
To circumvent surgeryor optimize itDr.
Markowitz utilizes another advanced technique, Optical Coherence Tomography.
As we were treating her basal cell, the dark circles under that one eye had pretty much disappeared.
With continued research, however, Dr. Markowitz hopes to change that.
Now I would consider Mohs surgery to be the alternative.
One of the best ways to prevent skin cancer?
Wear sunscreen:
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