At Live Oak Dermatology we are skilled in the treatment and management of wide range of medical dermatology concerns. We serve East Cobb, Alpharetta, and surrounding Atlanta areas from our convenient Roswell location. Browse the categories below for information on some of the common skin conditions we treat:
-Inflammatory Skin Conditions/ Rashes:
acne (acne vulgaris)
alopecia areata (patchy hair loss)
atopic dermatitis (eczema)
contact dermatitis (allergic and irritant)
erythema multiforme
hives (urticaria)
lichen planus
melasma
nummular dermatitis (nummular eczema)
pityriasis rosea
post-inflammatory pigmentation (hyper/hypo)
psoriasis
rosacea
-Skin Infections:
abscess
athletes foot (tinea pedis)
candidiasis (yeast infections)
cellulitis
condyloma (warts, HPV)
herpes simplex 1 &2 (HSV)
jockitch (tinea cruris)
nail fungus (onychomycoses)
ringworm (tinea corporis/ tinea capitis)
shingles (Varicella Zoster Virus)
Staph aureus
tinea versicolor (pityriasis versicolor
-Benign Growths:
angioma
cafe au lait macule
dermatofibroma
epidermal nevus
hemangiomas (infantile hemangiomas)
hidrocystoma
lipoma (fat tumor)
mole (nevus)
neurofibroma
sebaceous cyst (epidermal inclusion cyst)
skin tag (acrochordon)
seborrheic keratosis (‘wisdom spot’, ‘barnacle’)
syringoma
-Skin Cancers and Premalignant/atypical Neoplasms
dyslplastic nevus (atypical nevus/ atypical mole)
melanoma
sebaceous carcinoma
squamous cell carcinoma
basal cell carcinoma
lymphoma of skin (CTCL/Bcell lymphoma)
merkel cell carcinoma
tumor metastasis
-Skin symptoms of internal medical disorders:
- Instruments
Microscope (mineral oil prep for scabies)
Microscope (KOH for fungus)
-Common Medications/Treatments
-doxycycline
-5% fluorouracil/calcipotriene topical treatment
-retinoids, topical (adapalene, tretinoin, tazarotene)