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Seborrheic Keratosis: The Growth Everyone Recognizes and Almost No One Investigates

Aug 20, 2026

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3 min read

Seborrheic Keratosis: The Growth Everyone Recognizes and Almost No One Investigates

It's the most reflexively diagnosed lesion in primary care, and that confidence is exactly what lets melanoma hide inside it.

DFPC Team
DFPC Team

Hair and Scalp

Alopecia in women: recognition, diagnosis, and management

Aug 13, 2026

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3 min read

Alopecia in women: recognition, diagnosis, and management

A practical guide to recognizing the most common causes of hair loss in women and approaching diagnosis and management.

DFPC Team
DFPC Team
Urticaria: Diagnosis and Treatment

Aug 6, 2026

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6 min read

Urticaria: Diagnosis and Treatment

Chronic hives are rarely an allergy, and the treatment ladder gained two new rungs while most of us were still ordering panels.

DFPC Team
DFPC Team
The Autoimmune Disease We Still Call Cosmetic

Jul 30, 2026

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6 min read

The Autoimmune Disease We Still Call Cosmetic

Vitiligo has an approved repigmentation therapy, a systemic option under review, and a mental health burden most visits never touch.

DFPC Team
DFPC Team
The Inflammatory Skin Disease Hiding in Plain Sight

Jul 23, 2026

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6 min read

The Inflammatory Skin Disease Hiding in Plain Sight

Understanding pseudofolliculitis barbae changes how you counsel, prescribe, and prevent recurrence.

DFPC Team
DFPC Team

Skin Health

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Microneedling: miracle, marketing, or something in between

Jul 16, 2026

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6 min read

Microneedling: miracle, marketing, or something in between

Patients request it by name to erase scars and years. Here is what the needles actually do, and what they don't.

DFPC Team
DFPC Team

Skin Health

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What current evidence says about diagnosing and treating cellulitis

Jul 9, 2026

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7 min read

What current evidence says about diagnosing and treating cellulitis

This week we stay on the lower leg and look at one of the most common reasons a patient lands in urgent care or the hospital

DFPC Team
DFPC Team

Skin Health

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Clean Beauty's Dirty Secret: When "Natural" Becomes the Allergen

Jul 2, 2026

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7 min read

Clean Beauty's Dirty Secret: When "Natural" Becomes the Allergen

This week, the rash isn't from what they stopped using. It's from what they switched to.

DFPC Team
DFPC Team

Skin Health

Dermatology 101: Everything You Should Know

Jun 25, 2026

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6 min read

Dermatology 101: Everything You Should Know

Understanding the Skin from the Inside Out

DFPC Team
DFPC Team

Eczema

Eczema in Focus: Lifestyle Strategies & New Trends

Jun 18, 2026

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4 min read

Eczema in Focus: Lifestyle Strategies & New Trends

Exploring how daily habits, environment, and mindful care can change the course of eczema management.

DFPC Team
DFPC Team

Skin Health

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15 years, 5,767 studies: what the science actually agrees on

Jun 11, 2026

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3 min read

15 years, 5,767 studies: what the science actually agrees on

A data-driven look at the past, present, and future of gut microbiome science

DFPC Team
DFPC Team

Hair and Scalp

The Myth of “Hair Getting Used to” Your Shampoo

Jun 4, 2026

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4 min read

The Myth of “Hair Getting Used to” Your Shampoo

Patients swear their shampoo "stopped working." It didn't... Here's what's actually happening and what to do about it.

DFPC Team
DFPC Team
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