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Your Questions Answered

What is the skin condition where there are just little red spots that seem to follow a vein or artery? What can I do about them?

She has a skin rash on palms. She has had it for 3-4 years, can not get rid of it. Skin blisters, dries, and flakes off. She puts on ointment at night and drying lotion during the day to help it flake off. What should she do about this?

She has reddish brown blotches on neck. She is on thyroid medicine. Will Retin A help?

30 years ago, she had bad acne and did radiation 5 days a week for 2 months. Now doctors have removed about 20 pieces of basal cell skin cancer. Should she be concerned?

Has itch on forearm, only in summer with small bumps.

28 year old daughter, when she gets warm, she breaks out really bad, especially behind her neck. She has used cortisone creme. What could that be and what can she use?

Have there been any studies on women's cosmetics made in China and should we be careful of what we use?

2x a year her lips break out in little tiny blisters. Her stomach will be acidic. Aggravated by sunshine and spice. It has happened 5 or 6 times it finally goes away.

Wants to know Dr. McGrann's opinions on sunless tanning lotions. Are they safe? Has used 4 different brands and gets red bumps every time she uses them, but can't find a common denominator between them. Do you have an opinion?

Any info about pyoderma gangrenosum?

Dermatologist wants her to use a creme that makes her face really red and she cannot be in the sun.

Has there been any research done on if a woman massages her breast daily if it would decrease risk? The thought being the breast doesn't get enough blood circulation as other parts of the body we use more frequently.

Can fibroadenoma turn into cancer and does it put you at a higher risk for cancer?

She was on the estrogen patch for 14 years and had a complete mastectomy. How long should she stay on the patch? And what are the chances of getting cancer from it?

Does the type of birth control, especially depo provera shot, affect one's chances of getting breast cancer?

C4125 blood test shows some indication of cancer.

She was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer this year. Went on a clinical trial called Abastin, that didn't go well. Wondering what their thought on the clinical trail drug Zometa, to decrease the risk of mastectomy to the bone?

1998 Mastecotomy was on tamoxifen for 5 years, then not tamoxifen for 5 years. Should she be on some drugs to continue the protection?

Glucosomine chondroitin really does work!

Address the Oxford (metn) partial knee replacement.

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