Helpful Handouts

Rosacea

VOLUME: 18 PUBLICATION DATE: Apr 09 2010
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Volume 18 - Issue 4 - April 2010

As the handout Drs. Danby and Margesson have created makes clear, rosacea can be difficult to pin down, largely because of its different forms and its similarity to and overlap with disorders with which it can in fact co-exist.

Beyond the “rosy” flushing/blushing that describes its classic form, are these four subtypes with a total of six components:

1. erythematotelangiectatic rosacea — with the two
vascular components, telangiectasias and erythema
2. papulopustular rosacea — with two acne-like features,
papules and pustules
3. phymatous rosacea — with skin thickening
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ISOTRETINOIN

VOLUME: 17 PUBLICATION DATE: Nov 01 2009
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Volume 17 - Issue 11 - November 2009

This month, husband-wife dermatologists Bill Danby and Lynne Margesson share their patient handout on isotretinoin, which Dr. Danby calls “the closest thing to a sure cure for acne.”

Isotretinoin is the closest thing to a sure cure for acne that has ever been invented,” says Dr. Danby of the drug long known to the public mainly by the original brand name Accutane, which is no longer available. Yet his handout, which is featured this month, makes it abundantly clear to his patients that there is a price to pay for the freedom it offers from nodular acne and the scarring it causes.

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DIAGNOSIS: HYPERHIDROSIS

VOLUME: 17 PUBLICATION DATE: Jul 01 2009
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Volume 17 - Issue 7 - July 2009

Husband-wife dermatologists Lynne Margesson and Bill Danby support their treatments for patients diagnosed with hyperhidrosis with a handout focused on causes and treatments, including iontophoresis.

In this latest edition of our Helpful Handouts column, Drs. Danby and Margesson share a patient handout chock full of tables and lists breaking down the different causes of hyperhidrosis and treatments ranging from antiperspirants to surgery to iontophoresis — both a battery-operated home version and an in-office (or at-home) procedure patients can access themselves for which they provid

DIAGNOSIS: BASAL CELL CARCINOMA

VOLUME: 17 PUBLICATION DATE: Apr 01 2009
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Volume 17 - Issue 4 - April 2009

Husband-wife dermatologists Lynne Margesson and Bill Danby support their treatments for patients diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma with a handout that stresses sun avoidance, watchfulness, and their own instructions for using the immune modulator imiquimod.

Regardless of the treatment recommended, Drs. Danby and Margesson make a point of educating their patients on basal cell carcinoma as soon as the diagnosis is made. “Although basal cell carcinoma is a low grade type of skin cancer that usually expands slowly and locally, left untreated, the tumor can cause considerable local des

What to Tell Your Patients About HIRSUTISM

VOLUME: 16 PUBLICATION DATE: Nov 01 2008
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11 Nov 08

This month’s handout from New Hampshire dermatologists William Danby and his wife and colleague Lynne Margesson addresses patients’ concerns about excess hair — what’s normal and what isn’t and what they can do about it.

Dr. Danby points out that what constitutes excess hair really comes down to unwanted hair, and that attitudes about body hair, especially on women, vary greatly according to current trends and geographical location

Fashionable vs. Normal

“Depending on fashion and their individual make up, most women consider hair on various parts of the body as undesirab