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Acne

VOLUME: 19 PUBLICATION DATE: May 04 2011

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Volume 19 - Issue 5 - May 2011

This month’s handout from Drs. Danby and Margesson takes on acne, a topic Dr. Danby recently discussed in “Treatment Strategies for Acne” in the book Treatment Strategies – Dermatology.

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Dry Skin

VOLUME: 19 PUBLICATION DATE: Jan 31 2011

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Volume 19 - Issue 2 - February 2011

In discussing treatment of dry skin in this month’s handout, husband-wife dermatologists Bill Danby and Lynne Margesson make it clear that whether it’s caused by weather, housework or skin disease, without treatment it can lead to infection, discomfort and worsening skin issues.

Athlete's Foot

VOLUME: 18 PUBLICATION DATE: Oct 12 2010

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Volume 18 - Issue 10 - October 2010

As students return to school and locker rooms, husband-wife dermatologists Bill Danby and Lynne Margesson share their patient handout on athlete’s foot.

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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

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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.

What to Tell Your Patients About HIRSUTISM

VOLUME: 16 PUBLICATION DATE: Nov 01 2008

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Volume 16 - Issue 11 - November 2008

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