Good skin care a psychodermatologist away
Janay Wilson/Contributing Writer
Issue date: 5/7/07 Section: Health
He also recommends deep tissue massages to quickly alleviate stress. Some of Lawson's patients have high stress due to work, or dealing with household responsibilities.
"For my patients who cannot avoid high stress levels, I make sure they take time from their day to exercise, meditate, or take a short nap because all of these things release endorphins in the brain that help the body cope with stressors and depression," he said.
According to the American Family Physician Journal, about 60 percent of the time skin breaks out in any form, it is due to environmental problems. The other 40 percent is due to uncontrolled hormonal factors.
Although Dupont Circle resident Cynthia Peterson is convinced she was born with psoriasis, she believes it gets worst when she is at work because of the demand of customers at her hotel and restaurant job. "A friend recommended me to a psychdermotologist to help me with my skin problem," Peterson said.
Her psychodermotologist taught her meditation to help cope with stress, thus control her psoriasis. "I would definitely recommend someone with a skin problem to see a psycodermotologist," she said. "It helped me, and it can't hurt to try it."
For patients like Peterson, who have high stress jobs, Lawson also recommends muscle relaxation techniques, breathing exercises and quiet meditation to help de-stress.
Skin ailments can also be treated with facial treatments at spas like Modern Day Spa in Tyson's Corner, VA. No amount of make-up would mask Melissa Brown's acne, she said. Then she started going to beauty spas for deep pore cleansing. "I noticed a great change in my skin," she said.
Esthetician Wendy Bell said depending on the client's condition, there are various treatments that can be used. She said her acne-prone clients are treated with chemical peels; those with patchy skin receive microdermobration.
"Each type of facial is a form of exfoliate that extracts impurities from the pores. Once the facial treatments are done our clients notice their skin is a lot smoother because these treatments take off layers of dead skin, reveling healthier looking skin," Bell continued.
Brown was ecstatic about the results of her acne spa treatment. Her only concern was that it cost $95 for a deep cleansing facial. "It's very costly," she said. "If I did it in a series of six and came back every couple of weeks, it would cost $475 dollars. I worry that once I cannot afford any more treatments, my skin will relapse into what it was before."
"For my patients who cannot avoid high stress levels, I make sure they take time from their day to exercise, meditate, or take a short nap because all of these things release endorphins in the brain that help the body cope with stressors and depression," he said.
According to the American Family Physician Journal, about 60 percent of the time skin breaks out in any form, it is due to environmental problems. The other 40 percent is due to uncontrolled hormonal factors.
Although Dupont Circle resident Cynthia Peterson is convinced she was born with psoriasis, she believes it gets worst when she is at work because of the demand of customers at her hotel and restaurant job. "A friend recommended me to a psychdermotologist to help me with my skin problem," Peterson said.
Her psychodermotologist taught her meditation to help cope with stress, thus control her psoriasis. "I would definitely recommend someone with a skin problem to see a psycodermotologist," she said. "It helped me, and it can't hurt to try it."
For patients like Peterson, who have high stress jobs, Lawson also recommends muscle relaxation techniques, breathing exercises and quiet meditation to help de-stress.
Skin ailments can also be treated with facial treatments at spas like Modern Day Spa in Tyson's Corner, VA. No amount of make-up would mask Melissa Brown's acne, she said. Then she started going to beauty spas for deep pore cleansing. "I noticed a great change in my skin," she said.
Esthetician Wendy Bell said depending on the client's condition, there are various treatments that can be used. She said her acne-prone clients are treated with chemical peels; those with patchy skin receive microdermobration.
"Each type of facial is a form of exfoliate that extracts impurities from the pores. Once the facial treatments are done our clients notice their skin is a lot smoother because these treatments take off layers of dead skin, reveling healthier looking skin," Bell continued.
Brown was ecstatic about the results of her acne spa treatment. Her only concern was that it cost $95 for a deep cleansing facial. "It's very costly," she said. "If I did it in a series of six and came back every couple of weeks, it would cost $475 dollars. I worry that once I cannot afford any more treatments, my skin will relapse into what it was before."
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