Hi Everyone!
What a crazy couple of months. I finished the edits of my new textbook “Cosmetic Dermatology” that comes out in Dec. I took my kids to Yellowstone (It is a must see if you have not been there!) and I hired many new people in my office to get ready for some big research projects we are beginning on skin type and genetics.
I have news- and you are the first to hear it. As of Wed, the University of Miami has decided to move forward with a trailblazing idea that I am so excited about. The University officially created the
“University of Miami Cosmetic Medicine and Research Institute.”
I have been asked to direct it- yea! We will combine cosmetic dermatology, aesthetic plastic surgery, facial plastic surgery and oculoplastic surgery and nutrition under one roof. Our goal is to work together to begin research into the genetics of skin type and stem cells and their role in skin type. It is a huge initiative that has kept me so busy this summer. I will tell you more about our ground breaking research when I am able to share details. If anyone wants to contribute to this research- which should benefit us all – please go to www.derm.net/give. Your donation will go to the newly created institute at UM. If everyone who reads this donates $10- we will have our first million dollars to move ahead. It is crucial that we stay independent of companies so that we can remain unbiased. Your donations are GREATLY appreciated!
I will try harder to blog more often in between seeing patients, running the new institute and launching these revolutionary research trials. In the meantime- I have 3 other dermatologists blogging now. I hope that all of your questions are beign answered. Thanks again for your support!
Dr. Baumann

I will be shooting a PBS special in Indiana in July. If you live in Indianapolis or Muncie, Indiana and want to be a patient on the show, please email my assistant at Lisa@metabeauty.com. We need someone who is 40+ years old and has some skin aging due to sun exposure of cigarettes. I would love to meet you!
The docs have their blogs up now. Yea! Progress! You should have received the sunscreen newsletter this week. Have a great weekend!

Dr. B

You will see my blog on this at www.skinguru.com today. I wanted to share my thoughts as they only give me 250 words on Yahoo. The lips are the most common site of skin cancer. This occurs because most people forget to use sunscreen on the lips. (and it takes bad in many cases!) In addition, the lips do not have sebaceous glands so they do not make sebum which has vitamin E. Vitamin E is protective against cancer. If you have a rough scaled area on the lips that does not heal you need to get it biopsied. It is likely an early SCC (Squamous cell carcinoma).
We do not really know if SPF free lip gloss leads to skin cancer because no well designed studies have not been done. The main point here is that you need SPF protection for your lips too. Please comment on your favorite lip protecting products.
I like the lip kisses by Laura Mercier or the lip balm found here which I wear under my lip stick. http://www.lauramercier.com/products/colour/lips/lip_treatment/lip_balm/
What favorites do you have?
Have a great day!
Dr. Baumann

PS We have the others docs blogs AMOST ready. I hope they go up by Monday.

In response to question about Heliocare…. It is composed of a fern extract that has been shown to reduce redness (and probably damage) from sun exposure. You can find it by asking your pharmacist. It is behind the counter which means that you can get without a prescription but you have to ask the pharmacist. I know that CVS and Walgreens has it. I take 2 pills one hour prior to golf, tennis or any prolonged outdoor exposure.
Here is the link…

http://heliocare.com/

and here is an article I wrote on the science…

http://download.journals.elsevierhealth.com/pdfs/journals/0037-6337/PIIS0037633706710221.pdf

Have a healthy summer!

Dr. Baumann

I everyone. I am going to try to blog much more often. The new docs blogs should start this week as well. Welcome to the next phase of this web site! Technology all done so now we can focus on content and I will be online more. This weekend I go to a big cosmetic meeting in Vegas so I hope I will have news for you on new products and procedures.
CNN just posted this article from 2005 but it has interesting info for summer.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/personal/06/17/o.summerize/

Have a great day!
Dr Baumann

Hi everyone!
Drs Welsh, Montiero and Sachev have all turned in their first blog and I am teaching them how to sign in. I now know how to sign in and how to talk in the forums under “Dr Baumann” instead of admin. Yea! Once I get all the other docs blogging I will have time to begin to do some good blogs here for you. Please comment here and tell me what topics to cover.

Just want to share a thought on sunscreen for you. I HATE the new Neutrogena SPF 70. Have you tried it? It gets all white and flaky. Yuck. Use the lower SPF Neutrogena products to avoid this messy flaking. If you have Vichy in your area (north east in CVS) then they have a really great sunscreen. La Roche Posay has nice ones too as well as Aveeno. Don’t forget to take Heliocare supplements (CVS and Walgreens- ask the pharmacist) when you are outdoors for over an hour They help prevent sun damage. Enjoy the summer! You should be getting your stretch marks newsletters this week if you have not received them already.
Have a great week!

Dr Baumann

Hi Everyone. I have had some feedback that the new Skin problem sections in the forum are confusing. Should I delete the and only have the skin type sections? I did this because we now have many visitors who do not know their skin type (Shame on you!) and I wanted them to be able to benefit from the type. If you know your skin type please use that section for your comments. If you do not know your type- use the skin problem section and please buy the book so you can learn your type. Please comment to this blog and tell me your thoughts.

Hi Everyone,
We had quite crazy few weeks. The traffic on the site exceeded our server’s ability so we had to upgrade to a bigger server. We apologize for the inconvenience. Please tell me how you like the new problem oriented section of the forum. We have been taking many of your suggestions. The traffic on the site is way up so please welcome the new visitors. I will be doing my best to add more and more features to the site. You should have received your latest newsletter on lasers if you have a newsletter subscription. If you do not have a subscription, consider signing up. The next one is on stretch marks!
Please send me comments in this blog section and let me know ideas you have for the site. I want to try and reach as many of your needs as I can.
Have a great Mother’s Day! See www.SkinGuru.com for gift ideas!

Your forum username and password will not allow you to create blog comments.  You need to sign up separately at the blog registration.  You can use the same username and password if you like, but you need to sign up again to make comments.

I appreciate all of your patience during the updates.   Roger and I are doing our best to improve the site.

Ok Look under the forums and you will see that I added many new categories as requested.  You can also comment to my blog here to we can discuss various issues.  I still have to approve all comments before they will display in order to avoid spam.  Please let me know how you liek the new features.  ave a great day!

Leslie Baumann