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New treatment offered for Hyperhidrosis patients

April 18, 2019 | Category: News
    RENO, NV (KOLO) In hot weather you would expect to sweat. But for patients with Hyperhidrosis, it doesn’t matter the weather. Cold or hot, they excessively sweat, from their underarms, feet or hands or all three. “It was very embarrassing,” says Christine Mandeville, a Hyperhidrosis patient. “It would affect what I would do. What […]

Psoriasis medication may help with heart disease

March 18, 2019 | Category: News
RENO, Nev. (KOLO) – Paul Gates shows us his hands marked by white scaly skin, and sometimes what looks like paper cuts. It’s psoriasis, where the skin sheds ten times faster than normal. “It gets on the back of my knuckles. And sometimes handing out things, I have had on occasion someone will ask me […]

Doctors offer new eczema treatments

September 4, 2018 | Category: News
  RENO, Nev. (KOLO) – Ask Craig Summerhill what it’s like to have eczema. He knows of no other life. He’s had the skin disorder for 56 years. “At times exasperating, the inflammation is really irritating at times. But you know you learn to live with it. Everyone has his own conditions they have to carry […]

New treatment coming for excessive sweating

July 13, 2018 | Category: News
  RENO, Nev. (KOLO) – The heat is on. But for patients with hyperhidrosis, it’s not just heat that makes them sweat. It can be under any condition. “I notice it in the winter and the summer. Even when I am cooled and I have goose bumps and I’m still sweating,” says Sarah Bajenski, a hyperhidrosis […]

Vampire Facelift

November 6, 2017 | Category: News
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Sensitive skin products need a second look

October 25, 2017 | Category: News
RENO, Nev. (KOLO) In a trip down the grocery store aisle, you’ll have no trouble finding skin care products that offer something for the eczema patient, the person with sensitive skin, or something that is fragrance-free. Michelle McAndrew says she’s been fighting skin rashes caused by products nearly her whole life. “It is just kind of […]