General Dermatology
If you have questions about your skin, our providers are here to provide you with the absolute best care. We offer complete skin checks, diagnosis, and on-the-spot treatment when needed.
Read below for how we can care for your skin with knowledge, compassion, and attentiveness.
General Dermatology Offerings
We treat every common skin concern. Below is just a brief list of the most common skin concerns we treat:
- Acne
- Allergic reactions
- Axillary hyperhidrosis
- Benign and precancerous skin growths
- Cysts
- Eczema
- Hair loss
- Hives
- Moles
- Nail diseases
- Poison ivy
- Psoriasis
- Rashes
- Rosacea
- Scalp conditions
- Skin cancers and precancerous skin growths (diagnosis and non-surgical management)
- Skin infections
- Warts
A complete skin check is an excellent component of regular skin health maintenance.
Skin Examinations
It’s not uncommon to have questions about your skin.
A complete skin examination at DAL offers you the highest expertise and attention to detail – so you can trust the outcome of your skin check to be one that will support your skin’s ongoing health.
What to expect during a complete skin examination:
As your provider performs the exam, they will use a hand-held dermatoscope, which is a specialized device used to magnify and illuminate the various layers of the skin. They will also dictate their findings to a medical assistant who makes sure everything is documented in your electronic medical record.
Dermatologists spend three years after medical school and an internship focused on identifying concerning skin lesions and moles. Our providers are experts at discerning which ones need attention.
When your dermatologist comes to a spot that you are worried about, the provider suggests pointing it out so that any concerns that you may have can be addressed.
DAL offers a higher level of skin diagnosis through having a trained dermatopathologist.
If you have several suspicious moles:
If you have a lot of suspicious moles, the doctor may want to document them with a photograph. The photograph is securely stored in your medical chart so that the size and nature of any moles can be compared at future visits.
If treatment is needed:
As the doctor is performing the exam they might identify an area that needs treatment. After discussing the diagnosis and treatment with you, they will generally take care of the minor procedures at the appointment.
The two most common treatments are:
- Cryotherapy – A spray of liquid nitrogen is used to remove lesions that sit on the surface of the skin (for example, precancerous actinic keratosis).
- Skin biopsy – A small sample of a suspicious lesion is removed under local anesthetic. It is then sent to a lab to be examined under a microscope to determine if further treatment is needed.
When you choose DAL for your dermatology needs, you get the most advanced diagnosis and care every time.
