Cosmetic Dermatology

Your skin care diet

We cannot overemphasize the importance of sun protection and moisturizing when it comes to maintaining a healthy complexion. We also want you to understand that a nutritious diet leads to a more youthful complexion free of acne, wrinkles and dull skin. The inference is not towards anything extreme or drastic, but towards healthy eating that is realistic, delicious, and offers a healthier way of life. In addition to reducing the risk for heart kidney, and liver diseases, you enjoy the added benefit of a better complexion. With that in mind, we want to offer some tips on eating, healthy foods that can help prevent the aging process:

Eating to improve our skin

• A balanced diet is typically rich in vitamins, minerals, fiber and antioxidants.
• Reducing consumption of processed and refined foods, while striving to eat foods that are natural and that come in a rainbow of colors is a good start.
• Consider making a switch from processed grain products to whole grains. Increase your vegetable intake with extra emphasis on green, leafy vegetables.
• Consider eating lean meats, and non-animal sources of protein.
• Consider frozen yogurt as an alternative to ice cream.
• Make you daily diet focused on bringing in the foods that serve you. In this way, your decadent treats will remain just that, treats that will move to a healthier place in the mix.

Ballantyne area treatment for aging skin

If you are looking for youthful and rejuvenated skin, Dermatology Specialists of Charlotte provides high quality and innovative treatment in a caring and professional environment. Dr. Nixon and Dr. Haught are board certified dermatologists whose dedication, experience, and knowledge will provide the best possible treatment for your skin, hair, and cosmetic concerns.

Dermatology Specialists of Charlotte also offers medical, cosmetic dermatology, and surgical dermatology; including removal of skin cancer. They provide a full range of cosmetic offerings such as skin tightening, fat reduction, chemical peels, dermal fillers, microdermabrasion, and more. They provide treatment for both adult and pediatric patients. Call their office today for a skin care evaluation and analysis of your aging skin.

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Summer-time skin conditions

Your Ballantyne dermatologist understands that the condition of your skin can significantly affect how you feel, and also can turn a summer outing into another round of frustration. Fortunately, for most of us, most skin problems are minor hindrances whether it be a friendly game of tennis or a leisurely hike. Regardless of the problem; there is a team of experienced skin care professionals that consists of board certified dermatologists, physician assistants, and master aestheticians who specialize in a range of services that will address all of your possible skin conditions. Active people are at an increased risk of skin infections. This can have serious or long term consequences. To help prevent skin irritations and infections, we recommend some of the following skin care tips:

1. Keep cuts and scrapes clean

2. Cover wounds with a bandage until they are completely healed.
3. Cuts or scrapes are portals for germs to cause infection and skin problems.

1. Take action to prevent blisters

5. Use moleskin padding in shoe areas that routinely blister.
6. Protect your feet and hands by using gloves and wearing moisture wicking socks.
7. Make sure that your footwear fits properly.

1. Wear sandals or flip-flops in the locker room

9. This will greatly reduce your chance of contracting athlete’s foot or some other skin condition on the feet.

1. Disinfect equipment and protective gear, daily

11. This is an ideal solution for avoiding staph and other skin infections.

1. Perform regular skin checks

13. Check your skin daily, especially if you participate in high-impact sports, such as wrestling, football, and gymnastics.
14. Look for even the slightest changes, such as cuts, sores, swelling, blisters, and callouses. Report any changes to an athletic trainer or your dermatologist.

Ballantyne area dermatologists

If you do not receive timely treatment, skin infections will only get worse. If you notice anything on your skin that itches, burns, is red or swollen, make an appointment to see a board-certified dermatologist or doctor. Dermatology Specialists of Charlotte can provide high quality and innovative treatment in a caring and professional environment. Dr. Nixon and Dr. Haught are board certified dermatologists whose dedication, experience, and knowledge will provide the best possible treatment for your skin, hair, and cosmetic concerns.

Dermatology Specialists of Charlotte also offers medical, cosmetic, and surgical dermatology; including removal of skin cancer. They provide a full range of cosmetic offerings such as skin tightening, fat reduction, chemical peels, Botox treatments, microdermabrasion, and more. They provide treatment for both adult and pediatric patients. Call their office today for a skin care evaluation and analysis.

Dermal fillers

Wish you had fuller lips?

Your Ballantyne area dermatologists can offer you fuller, more defined lips with injectable fillers. The admiration and fascination with full or plump lips is a more than a fad. For decades, makeup artists have employed and developed techniques that can give the impression of fuller lips. However, the results that makeup provides may be too subtle, or can be easily detected in an intimate situation. We can offer you a natural and realistic solution for enhancement or augmentation of your lips.

Ensuring that your lips look natural

• Dermatologists and their clinicians work very closely with patients in order to ensure that the enhancement is subtle and natural looking.
• Your dermatologist will spend a lot of time with you, discussing realistic expectations.
• Patients who are born with very thin lips should not expect a dramatic change in the fullness of their lips; following your doctor’s recommendations will help you avoid lips that look unnaturally swollen or inflated.
• The Ballantyne dermatologists will recommend results that are going to be proportionate to your genetics and facial features.
• The decision will be made by you and your dermatologist. On average, the results should last six months or longer.

Ballantyne area treatment for aging skin

If you are looking for fuller and more youthful lips, Dermatology Specialists of Charlotte provides high quality and innovative treatment in a caring and professional environment. Dr. Nixon and Dr. Haught are board certified dermatologists whose dedication, experience, and knowledge will provide the best possible treatment for your skin, hair, and cosmetic concerns. Shawne Caputo, PA-C is considered an artist when it comes to facial rejuvenation. She has extensive expertise using Botox®, Xeomin™, Juvederm™ and Sculptra™ to minimize lines, wrinkles and correct volume loss.

Dermatology Specialists of Charlotte also offers medical, cosmetic, and surgical dermatology; including removal of skin cancer. They provide a full range of cosmetic offerings such as skin tightening, fat reduction, chemical peels, dermal fillers, microdermabrasion, and more. They provide treatment for both adult and pediatric patients. Call their office today for a skin care evaluation and analysis of your aging skin.

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Help for aging skin

Excessive exposure to sunlight and the elements can prematurely age our skin, but your Ballantyne dermatologists also know that our skin care habits can be just as big a factor. It seems rather ironic that some of our efforts to rejuvenate our skin may actually age it. There are countless numbers of men and women follow their skin care routine for years, and they not only fail to see positive results. Everyone must expect their skin to age, but there is a marked difference in skin that ages naturally, and skin that ages prematurely, or that is unhealthy. Consider the following tips that can give your skin the best chance at staying healthy, and aging gracefully.

Be gentle with your skin

1. Our skin is extremely durable, and it may seem counter intuitive to ask patients to treat it gently.
2. Rather than rubbing your skin with a dry towel, it is best to pat it dry. Avoiding picking at pimples or blemishes on the skin, and protect it from the sun.
3. The best comparison would be automobile paint. It is extremely durable when facing the elements such as sun, heat, extreme cold, and chemicals; but when you wash the car, you must be careful not to use abrasive pads, or scrub it too rigorously.
4. Once or twice a year, your car also needs a coating of wax or protective sealant to prevent the paint from oxidizing prematurely.
5. Ask your Charlotte dermatologist for the best method to exfoliate. After exfoliating, be very consistent about applying a moisturizer to protect the skin.

Two of the best Charlotte dermatologists

Whether you are dealing with skin rashes, or you seek to avoid problems that make your skin look older, Dermatology Specialists of Charlotte can provide high quality and innovative treatment in a caring and professional environment. Dr. Nixon and Dr. Haught are board certified dermatologists whose dedication, experience, and knowledge will provide the best possible treatment for your skin, hair, and cosmetic concerns.

Dermatology Specialists of Charlotte also offers medical, cosmetic, and surgical dermatology; including removal of skin cancer. They provide a full range of cosmetic offerings such as skin tightening, fat reduction, chemical peels, Botox treatments, microdermabrasion, and more. They provide treatment for both adult and pediatric patients. Call their office today for a skin care evaluation and analysis.

Problems with my skin

Acne problems

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When patients come in complaining of, “Problems with my skin,” acne is one of their most common complaints. Acne is most commonly experienced during the teen years, but for many individuals, acne is a problem well into adulthood. There are important differences between teen acne and adult acne when considering the causes and potential treatment.

Acne treatment

• Treatment for acne will vary, depending on which factors are causing your acne.
• Acne treatment is highly individualized and can be different for every
• In the past, acne scars have been resistant to treatment, but there are new medications that may remove or subdue these scars.
• Dermatologists in the Ballantyne area of Charlotte offer several procedures based upon the type and depth of the scarring.

Acne treatment from your Ballantyne dermatologists

Acne can be successfully treated with anti-aging treatments available at Dermatology Specialists of Charlotte. Dr. Nixon and Dr. Haught are board certified dermatologists whose dedication, experience, and knowledge will provide the best possible treatment for your skin, hair, and cosmetic concerns.

Dermatology Specialists of Charlotte also offers medical, cosmetic, and surgical dermatology; including removal of skin cancer. They provide a full range of cosmetic offerings such as skin tightening, fat reduction, chemical peels, Botox treatments, microdermabrasion, and more. They provide treatment for both adult and pediatric patients. Call their office today for a skin care evaluation and analysis.

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Poison plant rashes

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As we are deep into summer, your Ballantyne dermatologists wants to offer tips for dealing with rashes as the result of exposure to poison ivy, poison oak and poison sumac. The leaves of these plants contain an oil, which after contact with the skin, will develop an itchy, blistering rash on 85 percent of the population. The rash itself is not contagious, but the oil can be spread to other areas of the body, or to other people if it has not been washed off.

• If you are certain that your rash is due to poison ivy, poison oak, or poison sumac, you may be able to treat the rash at home.
• However, if you have any questions about the source or causes of any rash, see your primary care physician or Charlotte dermatologist as soon as possible.
• If you have difficulty breathing or swallowing, or if you experience swelling accompanied with rashes or blisters, go to the emergency room right away.
• A rash from poison ivy, oak or sumac usually lasts one to three weeks.
• If your rash is not improving after seven to ten days, or if you suspect that your rash may be infected, visit a board-certified dermatologist for treatment.

Two of the best Charlotte dermatologists

Whether you are dealing with contact skin rashes, or you seek to avoid problems that make your skin look older, Dermatology Specialists of Charlotte can provide high quality and innovative treatment in a caring and professional environment. Dr. Nixon and Dr. Haught are board certified dermatologists whose dedication, experience, and knowledge will provide the best possible treatment for your skin, hair, and cosmetic concerns.

Dermatology Specialists of Charlotte also offers medical, cosmetic, and surgical dermatology; including removal of skin cancer. They provide a full range of cosmetic offerings such as skin tightening, fat reduction, chemical peels, Botox treatments, microdermabrasion, and more. They provide treatment for both adult and pediatric patients. Call their office today for a skin care evaluation and analysis.

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Dark circle under the eyes

Your Charlotte dermatologist can tell you why you have developed those dark circles under your eyes. As we age, the skin that covers your eyelids gets thinner, which can lead to the blood vessels looking more obvious, and creating dark, shady areas around the eyes. Another problem may excess pigment that is also related to the aging process. Dark eyelids can also occur when there is swelling in the lower eyelids.

Treatment in the Ballantyne area of Charlotte

Talk to your Charlotte dermatologist for recommendations about the best eye creams. Lumiere Bio-Restorative Eye Cream is available from your dermatologist in the Ballantyne area of Charlotte.

• It is an intensive line smoothing eye cream targets the delicate eye area to help hydrate and reduce the appearance of skin aging, puffiness and under eye darkness.
• You can also treat dark circles under the eyes with a vascular laser and/ or fillers depending on the cause of the darkened skin.
• Often there are several causes that need to be addressed for best results. Good skincare products can help hide dark circles and improve the texture of the skin.

Two of the best Charlotte dermatologists

If you want to avoid problems that make your skin look older, Dermatology Specialists of Charlotte can provide high quality and innovative treatment in a caring and professional environment. Dr. Nixon and Dr. Haught are board certified dermatologists whose dedication, experience, and knowledge will provide the best possible treatment for your skin, hair, and cosmetic concerns. Dermatology Specialists of Charlotte also offers medical, cosmetic, and surgical dermatology; including removal of skin cancer. They provide a full range of cosmetic offerings such as skin tightening, fat reduction, chemical peels, Botox treatments, microdermabrasion, and more. They provide treatment for both adult and pediatric patients. Call their office today for a skin care evaluation and analysis.

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Dealing with age spots

Increasing numbers of Charlotte residents are seeing their Ballantyne dermatologist for the treatment of brown spots, or age spots on their face or body. Brown spots or age spots should not be confused with freckles, which commonly appears on the face and body of people with fair skin and red or blonde hair. Age spots or brown patches are typically seen on the face, arms, and hands of adults, and are caused as a result of excessive exposure to the sun over their lifetime.

Treatment Options

• Some people resort to the use of makeup, but with very dark brown spots, makeup cannot sufficiently or consistently hide them well.
• Additionally, heavy makeup is not really an option in the hot and humid Charlotte summers.
• Although treatments and products are available, prevention is the key to avoiding brown spots.
• However, if you do get them, a treatment regimen can reduce or eliminate them.
• Once your dermatologist has helped to diminish or eliminate your age spots, the best way to prevent a recurrence is by using sunscreen and wearing sun-protective clothing.

Age spot treatment from your Ballantyne dermatologists

The dark spots known as age spots are caused by aging, exposure to sunlight, and exposure to UV in tanning beds. Problem age spots can be successfully treated with anti-aging treatments available at Dermatology Specialists of Charlotte. Dr. Nixon and Dr. Haught are board certified dermatologists whose dedication, experience, and knowledge will provide the best possible treatment for your skin, hair, and cosmetic concerns.

Dermatology Specialists of Charlotte also offers medical, cosmetic, and surgical dermatology; including removal of skin cancer. They provide a full range of cosmetic offerings such as skin tightening, fat reduction, chemical peels, Botox treatments, microdermabrasion, and more. They provide treatment for both adult and pediatric patients. Call their office today for a skin care evaluation and analysis.