Whether you ration them out over a couple of weeks or eat all your chocolate eggs before Easter Monday, don’t worry too much about the chocolate binge ruining your skin. Chocolate has an undeservedly bad reputation as a cause of acne but evidence still appears mixed when deciding if it really is bad for our […]
Paper accepted for publication in the Australasian Journal of Dermatology on Metvix Daylight Phototherapy treatment. Dr See was lead investigator and A/Prof Shumack was a co-investigator on this trial. Both doctors have been active in training other medical practitioners on this treatment regime. This treatment is a non-surgical therapy for actinic keratoses.
A/Prof Stephen Shumack and Dr Jo-Ann See will attend the World Congress of Dermatology in Vancouver (8-13 June). Dr See is presenting on the latest Non-surgical treatments of skin cancers, Metvix Daylight Phototherapy.
From the 16th – 19th May 2015, Dermatologists and nurses from this practice will be attending this meeting in Adelaide. There will be limited appointments available in this practice during that week. Both A/Prof Stephen Shumack and Dr Jo-Ann See will be giving presentations and chairing sessions during the meeting.
A/Prof Stephen Shumack and Dr Jo-Ann See will be attending the American Academy of Dermatology 73rd Annual meeting in San Francisco in late March 2015. Both A/ Prof Shumack and Dr See are members of the Academy. Dr See is attending lectures on acne, rosacea, skin cancer and recent updates.
Dr Jo-Ann See recently attended the Asian Acne Board meeting in Hong Kong. This board explores the trends in treatment of acne and skin care in a variety of countries throughout Asia. Dr See’s presentation focused on Adult acne in Asians
A/Prof Stephen Shumack is currently on leave and will return to the practice on 9th October 2014. If any of his patients have queries about their treatment in the next week, one of our other Dermatologists or Registered Nurses’ will be happy to assist
A/Prof Stephen Shumack is a regular contributor to Prevention Magazine. OUR EXPERT_AProf Stephen Shumack
Dr Terence Poon, our Laser and Cosmetic Dermatologist was recently interviewed about the growing area of tattoo laser removal by the international news agency Bloomberg News. Of particular interest was the latest Picosure picosecond laser which you can read about here – http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-06-01/no-pain-no-gain-as-tattoo-regret-fueling-laser-removals.html