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Clinical Considerations for Derm NPs and PAs

This month our features focus on insights that better help us evaluate and manage our patient populations. A primer on cleanser development offers information that is useful when treating patients with sensitive skin conditions. A guide to evaluating flushing can help us identify when flushing is associated with a more serious condition. And, a discussion on common allergens that affect our atopic dermatitis patients is a great reference when recommending or prescribing various treatments. Read my takeaways and the full stories below.
— Joe Gorelick

CLINICAL CONSIDERATIONS

Comprehending cleanser development

In dermatology, one of the most common questions we are asked is, "What type of soap or cleanser should we be using?" We make specific recommendations based on the type of disease we are treating. The specific properties of each cleanser can lead to either clinical improvement or worsening of a condition depending on the ingredients and formulation. Moisturizing, hydrating or gentle non-soap cleansers are often helpful in treating the atopic population and can be useful when treating other sensitive skin conditions such as acne rosacea. In this article, Dr. Draelos provides some excellent insights into cleanser development.

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When flushing is more than embarrassment

Flushing can have many different presentations. All flushing is not necessarily associated to emotions or acne rosacea. Topical agents approved to treat the background erythema, as seen in acne rosacea, may cause symptoms of flushing. This is not always the case. How do you manage flushing when it is not associated with a dermatological condition? What type of work up is needed? This article provides an excellent guide to the evaluation of flushing.

Read on to learn more.

Ingredients in eczema topicals pose contact dermatitis risk

Do you patch test all of your atopic patients? What are the most common allergens for the atopic population? Children with atopic dermatitis are more likely to react to allergens found in prescription and over the counter treatments than children without atopic dermatitis. We need to familiarize ourselves with these agents and learn more about specific products formulated without these agents so that we can recommend specific OTC treatments and write prescriptions for products that do NOT contain these allergens.

Read on to familiarize yourself with those agents.

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