Here in Northeast Ohio, the weather is starting to take its annual tumble from hot and humid to cold and blustery—a switch your skin has likely noticed. No, you’re not imagining it. Your skin, which is your body’s largest organ, is more susceptible to seasonal fluctuations in temperature and humidity because it’s more exposed than…
If you’re reading this right now, blue light is shining on your face. This is the nature of life today. The average person spends about six and a half hours on the internet daily, on some kind of device. Of course, this varies by age: younger people (we’re looking at you, Gen Z!), spend an extra two hours on…
Physical and mental health are inextricably bound together in a complex knot, and for people struggling with a psoriasis diagnosis, this is certainly true. A recent study found that psoriasis patients were more likely to struggle with depression and/or anxiety than the general population. As a chronic autoimmune condition, psoriasis causes thick, scaly flare-ups called plaques that…
If you have ever searched for “how to get a slimmer stomach” online, you are certainly not alone. More than half of Americans follow some kind of diet to lose belly weight, and the demographics are super interesting. Exposure to social media seems to increase the desperation people feel as they search for a reliable stomach slimmer, and Millennials and members of…
Everybody sweats, more or less. It’s one of your body’s important built-in temperature regulation systems. When you’re out mowing the lawn on a hot day, working out at the gym, playing sports, or doing any other strenuous or hot activity, your body’s sweat glands pump out mostly water with a bit of salt and some…
Back-to-school season is almost here. If you are a teen or a tween (or you know a teen or a tween) struggling with acne, you know the enormous stress those red bumps can cause the night before school starts. Your outfit may be fire, but you cannot help comparing yourself with everyone else and their social-media…
Your parents were right: you really are what you eat. We all are. That’s just science. In fact, more and more studies come out all the time about how deeply interconnected nutrition and skin health actually are. It makes sense, though. Your skin is an organ, just like your heart, lungs, liver, brain, etc. It has its own…
Mayfield Heights, OH – (July 25, 2024) Apex Dermatology is proud to be the Local Presenting Sponsor & Apparel Partner of the 2024 Cleveland Miles for Melanoma 5K benefiting the Melanoma Research Foundation (MRF). Miles for Melanoma is a nationwide series of run/walks that allows participants to support and raise funds for the MRF by…
Consider this: your skin is the only organ exposed to the outside environment. Your skin protects and shields all your other organs from the outside world’s constant barrage of bacteria, viruses, pollen, animal dander, UV rays, excessive heat, and pollutants flying around in the air. Then summer brings people outside with short sleeves, shorts, and bathing…
