Dr. Julie Bittar de la Cruz

So interesting! Female hair loss is complicated and it is very exciting to see studies like this to help us mitigate risk.

Note: these medications are not recommended in pregnant or breastfeeding women.

Congratulations to the authors in this paper by Dewey et al. 2026 JAAD

Could gold jewelry protect you from arthritis? this photo is incredible.

Here’s the study! https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2760131/

Combination treatment for tightening the skin on the upper arms. 💪

Patients should expect to do multiple treatments, redness/pinkness can persist on the skin for several weeks as the skin is healing. Collagen remodeling takes 3-6 months so remember that patience is key and spacing out treatments is recommended.

Super cool right? Go minoxidil go. Here’s the study 👇

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0190962226000150?ref=cra_js_challenge&fr=RR-1

Is your mole normal? Save this to potentially save a life

GRWM while I do my lasers. 👓

I work basically everyday so I opt for lower downtime settings on my skin. Here we did what our clinic calls a “level 2 treatment” which for me was a combination of nonablative vascular and light ablative co2 laser. .dermatology

Do I do my own lasers? No, I don’t want to blind myself— so my brother (who is an also a dermatologist) does my laser treatments.

Have you tried laser genesis? Great 0 downtime & 0 numbing laser option for glowing skin.

Hairline design for hair transplant — what you need to know.