Our team of professionals and staff believe that informed patients are better equipped to make decisions regarding their health and well-being. For your personal use, we have created an extensive patient library covering an array of educational topics, which can be found on the side of each page. Browse through these diagnoses and treatments to learn more about topics of interest to you.
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Pre-Operative Instructions:
Patient Post-Operative Instructions:
Post-Op Wound Care Instructions.pdf
Post-Op Instructions for Wound Seal Powder.pdf
After a Shave Biopsy Instructions.pdf
After a Punch Biopsy Instructions.pdf
Patient Instructions following Blu Light for Actinic Keratoses.pdf
Cosmetic Procedures:
Patient Instructions following Blue Peel.pdf
Post-Injection Filler Instructions.pdf
Microneedling After Care Instructions.pdf
Post-Op Sclerotherapy Instructions.pdf
Post Procedure Care Instructions for Intense Pulse Light.pdf
V-Beam Post-Op Instructions.pdf
Birthmarks are abnormal skin colorations in spots that are either present at birth or appear shortly thereafter. They can be flat or slightly raised from the skin. They can be any number of colors, including red, brown, black, tan, pink, white or purple. Birthmarks are generally harmless. There are two major categories of birthmarks: pigmented birthmarks and red birthmarks.
Pigmented Birthmarks can grow anywhere on the skin and at any time. They are usually black, brown or skin-colored and appear singly or in groups. They can be moles (congenital nevi) that are present at birth, Mongolian spots, which look like bluish bruises and appear more frequently on people with dark skin, or café-au-lait spots that are flat, light brown or tan and roughly form an oval shape.
Red Birthmarks (also known as macular stains) develop before or shortly after birth and are related to the vascular (blood vessel) system. There are a number of different types: