The current measles vaccine was developed in 1968 after the original was created in 1963. It is the only measles vaccine used in the U.S. It is usually combined with mumps and rubella (MMR) or mumps, ...

Camp Discovery provides children with chronic skin conditions the opportunity to make friends, find acceptance, and be ...

Kids with eczema have very sensitive skin. Many products that touch their skin can trigger eczema. To complicate matters, it can take time for your child’s skin to react. For example, an ingredient in ...

After two pulsed-dye laser treatments from a board-certified dermatologist (B), this woman’s raised scar (A) is much less noticeable. A laser can seem like a magic wand that can make any scar ...

Learn about the Academy's advocacy priorities and how to join efforts to protect your practice.

ORLANDO, FL (March 7, 2025) — Philadelphia-based board-certified dermatologist Susan C. Taylor, MD, FAAD, will begin her one-year term as president of the American Academy of Dermatology at the close ...

The 2025 American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting will take place March 7-11 in Orlando. The meeting will feature nearly 300 educational sessions with more than 1,700 speakers discussing the ...

Stress is a nasty cycle: Feeling stressed can affect several skin and hair conditions, and living with those conditions can make you feel even more stressed.

Find out what may be causing the itch and what can bring relief. If you have what feels like razor bumps or acne on the back of your neck or scalp, you may have acne keloidalis nuchae. Find out what ...

Hair breakage can leave a person with frizzy, unhealthy looking hair. In our quest for beautiful hair, we often do things that damage our hair. Damaged hair is fragile, so it tends to break. Hair ...

You cannot cure eczema by ONLY removing what triggers your child’s eczema. To control eczema, you need to bathe and moisturize, treat flares, and avoid triggers. Learn more by matching the possible ...

How a skin disease or condition affects you can vary with your skin tone. Here you’ll get insight from dermatologists about some skin conditions that affect people with darker skin tones, either more ...