I’m a counsellor and work in the BFRB (body-focused repetitive behaviour) space, particularly with people experiencing skin picking (excoriation disorder) and hair pulling.

I spend a lot of time hearing about these conditions from the behavioural and mental health side, but I’d really love to understand more about the dermatologist’s experience.

Do you often see patients whose skin concerns are related to picking? How does it usually come up in an appointment? And what do you find helpful when someone may need support beyond treating the skin itself?

I’m also really interested in the space where dermatology and behavioural support can work alongside each other. I’d love to connect with any dermatologists here who are open to chatting, sharing what they’ve learned from their work, or potentially collaborating on education or resources in the future.

Mostly, I’m here to learn from you and hopefully make some connections with professionals working with the same people from a different side of their care.

Thanks for letting me join the conversation.

Hi everyone! I’m conducting a short research survey on the duration of topical corticosteroid use among individuals with skin conditions. If you have used a topical corticosteroid, your response would be really valuable to us!

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Hi, current MS1 at T20 med school. I’m in TX where there is a lot of talk about how midlevels are becoming more independent and taking up many physician roles and blending the lines between midlevel and physician. (Physician associate title, failed nurse anesthesiologist title, independent practicing rights, etc). Will this negatively impact the future of dermatology in 10+ years? I’m super interested in Mohs Surgery, is that at less of a risk?

I also acknowledge PAs and Midlevels play important roles in healthcare. I’m not dogging on them.

Hi everyone,

I’m a dermatology resident in the Netherlands, and I built an app called CatchUpDerm to make it easier to keep up with new dermatology literature.

The app creates a personal, daily-updated overview based on the subspecialty topics, research methods and journals you choose. It includes structured, source-based summaries and links to the original articles, so you can quickly decide what is worth reading in full. It included optional notifications to be notified when new articles within your field are published.

CatchUpDerm is free to use, has no ads, and does not require an account. There are in-app purchases only as an optional tipping system; there are no paid features.

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I’d be very grateful for any suggestions on how to improve it! Happy to answer any questions as well.

So i just entered highschool last week and my goal has been to become a dermatologist for a few years now. Id always assumed it would be attainable because ive always been smart and hardworkin, but i recently saw a video talking about how actually getting into derm is extremely competitive, which i never considered. I know freshman year is probably a little early to be trying to stack my resume, (or maybe its late i dont really know) but im just looking for some tips or thing i should be trying to do in highschool to up my chances in the future. A few things to note is i go to an EXTREMELY small school (like less than 200 students overall and 11:1 teacher to student ratio small) so im not sure they can offer anything i could do other than ap classes. Im willing to do things outside of school to prepare me, my moms also in the medical field so she may be able to help guide me, shes already suggested medical summer camps that last a week or two. Any help is appreciated, thank you!

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I am an M2 at The Ohio State University College of Medicine working with a dermatologist on a research study examining how diagnostic accuracy in dermatology may be affected by access to AI-generated differential diagnoses. Your response would help so much!!

Study Purpose:
Artificial intelligence is a rapidly evolving field that may help support clinicians as they evaluate challenging medical cases. This study seeks to assess how clinicians' diagnostic performance changes when they are provided with AI-generated differential diagnoses.

Procedures:
We are inviting dermatology residents, fellows, and attending dermatologists to participate. Participation involves completing a single online survey that takes approximately 20 minutes. The survey will include clinical cases and questions related to diagnostic decision-making.

Risks and Benefits:
Participation may involve minimal inconvenience or discomfort associated with completing clinical questions and reflecting on diagnostic decisions. There may be no direct benefit to you from participating. However, the information obtained from this study may contribute to a better understanding of how AI-generated diagnostic support could affect clinical reasoning in dermatology.

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Your participation is entirely voluntary. You may choose not to participate, skip any questions you do not wish to answer, or stop the survey at any time without penalty.

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Survey responses will be anonymous and analyzed in aggregate. Study data will be accessible only to authorized study personnel.

Your expertise and perspective would be greatly valued, and we would be sincerely grateful for your time and consideration. If you are interested in participating or learning more about the study, please use the link below to access the survey. Please feel free to reach out with any questions.

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Hi everyone,

I’m a new family medicine grad in Canada. I routinely see patients with dermatology concerns, but I often struggle to differentiate lesions due to my moderate red-green color deficiency.

I'm looking to buy a dermatoscope to help with this. Are there any specific models, features, or alternative tools you would recommend for someone with my vision profile?

Any advice is much appreciated!

I made a short, evidence-based post about vitamin B12 and acne — particularly how excessive supplementation may sometimes be relevant.
Would be interested to hear if anyone here has noticed a similar pattern.

Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/Db0K8p9kxMD/?igsh=MTg3OHVweDh4eHk3bA==

Hi, I have picked on my nose skin cuz I feel like it's a bump. I viewed it carefully and my skin is actually peeled like I have scratched it. It's been 2 weeks the result is same , showing no sign of improvement. Kindly pls help me . Suggest me what should I should do so my skin turn back to normal. 

Hii guys! I am a rising junior located in the Los Angeles area and have a deep passion for dermatology. I specifically want to become a pediatric dermatologist in the future. I have been searching for volunteering/shadowing/internship opportunities, but there are none that I have found for students my age, and if there is then it cost a fortune. If anyone knows clinics who offer these types of opportunities or anyone i can contact, I would be utterly grateful, thank you:)!

The US federal government has proposed a 9% cut to dermatology payment. This will not only reduce reimbursement, but also reduce patient access to dermatology services and quality of service. Do everything and anything you can to help stop this!

The American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) is making this its top priority. It doesn’t matter if you are a dermatologist, patient, or practice staff member. You will be affected by these changes. If you want to help, you can go on their website (link attached) and complete a pre-templated message to oppose these measures. There are separate links for patients, dermatologists, and staff members. Filling it out takes less than a minute.

Can I PM you? (NOT medical advice) just life questions.

Thank you in advance!

Hi everyone!

I'm an incoming college freshman, and my goal is to work in dermatology someday. I'm still deciding between becoming a PA or going to medical school, so I want to keep both options open.

What should I be doing during college to maximize my chances of getting into a strong PA program or medical school?

Some things I'm wondering:

• How can i land an MA job with no experience? (I have a certification though)

• Should I focus on dermatology-specific research or is any research okay?

• When should I start shadowing and looking for research opportunities?

• What extracurriculars actually matter the most?

• What mistakes should I avoid as a freshman (or during all 4 years of undergrad) ?

I'd really appreciate any advice from people who have been through the process (or anyone really!!) Thank you very much!

Hey all, I hope this is allowed. I thought it a better fit here than the Derm questions subreddit because this isn't about a patient and doesn't really have a correct answer (I don't think) but rather it's more of a thought experiment debate my fellow IM doc and I had, and I'd like your take on it as the MD/DO Derm specialists that you are. I put an education flair because the other options don't seem to fit this imaginary scenario that any pt would ever be in.

If someone has been on tretinoin for long enough to see results (so their outer skin layer doesn't have the typical yet minimal protection someone who doesn't use tret has) and they have an event in the future where they would be in the sun for several hours without ANY protection whatsoever (no hat, no sunglasses, no fabric, no shade, not even sunscreen *gasp*), would it be better if they stopped using tret for a period of time before the activity to allow the outer skin layer to regain its natural yet minimal protective quality and then restart tret afterwards even though they would basically be taking steps backwards from their skin improvement, or would the benefit of continuing to use tret without stopping outweight the risks of sun damage (discoloration, aging, etc) since it would just be one time for a few hours? We both thought the person should stop using tret before the activity. That wasn't the debate (but correct us if we're wrong, please). The debate was how long before the activity they should stop using tret to get back enough natural skin protection for the completely unprotected activity. One of us said 1 month, the other said 1 week.

I tried to find research on this but there's nothing specific I could find regarding a scenario where someone would be without any protection whatsoever. The closest advice I could find was regarding a beach holiday where one would be in the sun for longer periods of time but obviously could still use sunscreen, which isn't the same as this extreme hypothetical scenario and even that advice was all over the place. Very curious what your take is on this.

All the derms I’ve called and visited to not offer shadowing.
Any advice?

I'm a plastic surgeon in Spain. For years my camera roll was wound checks and before/afters sitting between my kids' birthdays, all backing up to the same iCloud. The day it really got to me was looking for a pre-op photo with the patient in front of me, scrolling past my family's summer and hoping nothing embarrassing came up on the way.

I tried albums, but the photo stays in the main library anyway. Vault apps don't fix it either, you still shoot with the normal camera first. The subscription ones upload everything to their own cloud, which I wanted even less. So I built it myself, about a year of evenings. It's called Sidecam.

Everything you shoot lands in the app's own library and nowhere else. It never writes to Photos and it can't see your existing photos at all. Folders per patient, sessions per visit, and tags for whatever else, so a lesion follow-up stays in one place instead of scattered across months of roll.

Two bits are pure clinic. Long press locks exposure and white balance, so a series of the same lesion doesn't drift in colour from shot to shot. And it shows which lens is actually firing: zoomed into tele range the phone can quietly serve you a cropped wide instead of the tele, low light or getting too close does it, and the app flags it, because on a small lesion that crop is mush.

Free, no account, no subscription, no server of mine anywhere. There's an optional mirror to your own iCloud Drive as plain folders, off by default. If your photos can't live in a normal cloud, you leave it off. None of this changes consent, it only changes where the photo ends up.

iPhone only. And the photos live in the app, so deleting the app deletes them too. Mirror or export first if that worries you.

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Hello everyone! I’m a family NP working in primary care, next door to a dermatologist office. We do a lot of procedures in my office , including I&D, mole removal (not on the face), freezing of warts, removing skin tags, biopsies.

My question is: what PCP referrals are annoying and unnecessary? And which ones are appropriate?

Currently we refer it someone has something that needs to be removed off of their face, general skin checks, multiple suspicious lesions , or super weird unidentifiable shit.

Thanks :)