As a preview to the Oscars, the 2019 round of Skinnies Awards have landed online. Most of planet Earth has seen Selfless Skin Sharer Grande’s tatt mistake, few have discussed how laser-erasable these body art typos can be.  Also, Runner-up Skin Sharer Chrissy Teigen reveals hives and stretch marks.  Dermatology of the Influencers at Skinema.com ..read more

Wakanda can’t stop talking about the Scar-y Villain featured in the groundbreaking superhero blockbuster.  Do keloids really look that way and are there treatments?  Runner-up is the facial scar featured in another Os-scar Favourite. .  See it all only at Skinema.com ..read more

Emma Stone rushes to Queen Olivia Colman’s side when she has a flare of gout.  Winner of the Royal Rash category, learn more about this painful condition whose rate is on the rise. And take a look at runner-up Margot Robbie’s Queen Elizabeth afflicted by smallpox.  See it all only at Skinema.com ..read more

Acne strikes again, winning the Teen Skin Stressor award.  Learn why sun is not an appropriate treatment and a new antibiotic that shows promise.  Runner-up is Cloudy Day Sunburn in “Roma.”  See it all only at Skinema.com ..read more

What’s the deal with actress Zazie Beetz’ white eye splotch?  Can that be for real in a comic book flick?  Runner-up for this year’s Bold  Birthmark is the purple patch seen in Spielberg’s “Ready Player One.” See it all only at Skinema.com ..read more

Campaigning during the Texas summer brings extra perspiration for this politician.  Learn about classic and new treatments for sweating.  Runner-up for Political Skin in the Game is Judicial Rosacea, see it to believe it.  All only at Skinema.com ..read more

After many years working in downtown San Francisco, dermatologist Holly Christman has left that group for a prestigious practice in Marin. We wish Holly the best--Marin is lucky to have her! For those seeking care in San Francisco, Union Square Dermatology is located in the venerable 450 Sutter Street Building.  The four Board Certified dermatologists provide services such as mole and skin cancer checks, Mohs surgery, management of rosacea, eczema and psoriasis.  The practice is in network with Aetna, Cigna and United Health Care PPO plans and Medicare. Cosmetic options included Boto ..read more

    “Ready Player One,” Steven Spielberg’s take on our pop- and video-game obsessed culture, features something rarely seen in movies:  A heroic character with a facial birthmark.  Usually, birthmarks are used in movies to ID villains.  “The Phantom of the Opera” is a classic example of a benign birthmark used as a sign of/reason for evil.  Yet Art3mis / Samantha, the kickass video-playing rebel, has a large red blotch over her forehead, temple and eye visible in both real life and on eventually her avatar.  FYI, actress Olivia Cooke was not born with a scar ..read more

This year’s winners and runners-up include the skin issues of major Oscar nominees and media powerhouses. So many questions: What's the story behind the red carpet acne of "Lady Bird" actress Saoirse Ronan and Kardashian Klan member Kendall Jenner?  Carrie Underwood’s mysterious scar: Real or imagined? Would Winston Churchill have pursued treatment for his double chin as relentlessly as he battled the Nazi’s? Is the future of dermatology found in Oscar winner “The Shape of Water?”  What’s the deal behind comedy phenom Tiffany Haddish’s phenomenal birthmark?  Finally, is t ..read more

After a successful tour of the film festival circuit, the award-winning documentary and Orchard Films release, "Take My Nose, Please!" is now available for streaming on all platforms.  First time film maker Joan Kron follows two comedians as they consider plastic surgery.  Of the celebrity set, only comedians can have an honest dialogue about beauty and the knife. An examination of society's love/hate relationship with cosmetic treatments, appearances by Lisa Lampenelli, Judy Gold, Julie Halston, Aubrey Plaza and clips of Joan Rivers, Kathy Griffen, Margaret Cho (and many others) re ..read more