Conditions We Treat at Granite Bay Dermatology with Dr. Scott Hearth
Healthy skin requires a lifetime of commitment. At Granite Bay Dermatology & Laser Center, we strive to help you keep your skin as healthy as possible. Keeping your skin healthy isn’t just about a younger-looking appearance. The well-trained eyes of a dermatologist can often spot potential issues and diagnose serious or even life-threatening conditions before they become significant problems.
Board-certified dermatologist Dr. Scott B. Hearth is an expert in diagnosing and treating all conditions related to skin, hair, and nails. As a specialist in leading-edge techniques of cutaneous surgery, including skin cancers and other benign growths, and cosmetic dermatological and laser surgery, Dr. Hearth is uniquely qualified in all available methods and treatments to optimize your skin’s health.
Maintaining your skin’s health and radiant appearance is easier than ever. Contact Granite Bay Dermatology & Laser Center at (916) 773-3376 or complete our online form to schedule your consultation today!
What Conditions Do We Treat?
Abdominal Sculpting
EmSculpt® (Body Sculpting) is an innovative body contouring treatment that targets unwanted pockets of fat and helps build up underlying muscles. Without downtime, EmSculpt® can help improve abdominal tone and is also an effective treatment for abdominal separation (diastasis recti), a common occurrence during pregnancy.
Acne Scarring
While acne itself isn’t a serious condition, the scars it can leave behind can be emotionally devastating for some patients. However, there are many procedures to improve the appearance of acne scars. The treatment or combination of treatments depends on the type of acne scar.
Some treatments used to improve the appearance of acne scars include:
- Laser Resurfacing Treatments
- Microdermabrasion
- Chemical Peels
- Dermal Fillers
- Topical Medications
- Localized Cortisone Injections
- Excision of Scar
- Subcision
Age Spots
Age spots, also known as brown spots, liver spots, or lentigos, are flat, light-brown colored spots that usually result from chronic sun exposure. Over time, spots appear on the face and the back of the hands or arms. While these spots are often harmless, they should be evaluated by a dermatologist.
There are many solutions for diminishing the appearance of age spots, including:
- Laser Treatments
- Chemical Peels
- Microdermabrasion
- Topical Medications
Body Sculpting
We offer the most innovative and effective body sculpting devices aimed at helping tone the body to accomplish many aesthetic and fitness goals. These devices allow us to help patients address unwanted fat, tighten loose skin, and help build muscles to improve their contours. With multiple treatment options, we can help recontour various areas of the body, including the abdomen, buttocks, hips, thighs, arms, and more.
The body sculpting treatments we offer include:
• CoolSculpting®
• EmSculpt®
• Thermage®
• BodyTite®
• Morpheus8 Body®
Excessive Sweating
Hyperhidrosis is a chronic medical disorder that results in the overproduction of sweat in the underarms, palms of the hands, and soles of the feet. This condition affects approximately 7.8 million people in the U.S. alone. Excessive sweating can be intolerable and interfere with daily activities, including work, intimacy, and even meeting new people. Typically, hyperhidrosis is treated with topical medications or Botox® to decrease sweating.
Facial Contouring
Loose or sagging skin, wrinkles, jowls, volume loss, or even a double chin can affect facial appearance, causing an older-looking or heavier-looking appearance. To improve the signs of aging, sagging skin, or unwanted facial fat, we offer many unique non-surgical facial contouring treatments to enhance facial appearance without downtime.
Facial contouring treatments offered include:
Hair Loss
air loss can have several different causes, including genetics, hormonal changes, medications, follicle injury, malnutrition, trauma, or stress. No matter the cause, hair loss can reflect upon one’s overall well-being and can be upsetting. As there are different causes for hair loss, there are also different treatments.
To combat hair loss, we offer
Melasma
This common skin condition causes brown to gray-brown patches to appear on the face, especially the cheeks, bridge of nose, forehead, chin, and upper lip. Melasma can also develop on the forearms and neck. It most often affects women; however, men can also be impacted by melasma. People who have darker skin tones, including those of Latin, Asian, Indian, Middle Eastern, and Mediterranean descent, tend to experience melasma more often due to having more active melanocytes (pigment-producing cells).
Melasma can be triggered by:
- Pregnancy
- Hormone therapies like birth control
- Cosmetics
- Certain medications that make the skin more susceptible to light damage
- Sun exposure
Common melasma treatments include:
Lip Enhancement
Plump, youthful-looking lips can help people feel more confident and attractive. To create fuller lips and reduce fine wrinkles and lines around the mouth, lip enhancement often increases lip volume lost to the aging process or for those who have naturally thin lips.
Lip enhancements can be achieved with:
Scars
Scarring does more than impact the skin’s appearance; it can also affect one’s self-esteem. While scar formation is the natural result of the healing process, several factors determine how well the skin heals. Many factors like inflammation or trauma can impact the scar’s characteristics, including the location of the scar, genetics, and a person’s ethnicity may determine what a scar looks like.
The type of treatment or combination of treatments necessary is determined by the type of scar but can include:
- Laser Treatments
- Microdermabrasion
- Chemical Peels
- Dermal fillers
- Topical medications
- Localized cortisone injections
- Excision of scar
- Subcision
Skin Tightening
As the body ages, the natural production of collagen and elastin slows down considerably. Many of the skin tightening procedures we offer smooth, contour, and tighten the skin by stimulating collagen production for continued skin improvement.
We offer skin tightening options for even the most sensitive skin, including:
Spider Veins
Spider veins can affect both women and men. They can occur anywhere but typically appear on the legs. They are either red or purple and appear singularly or in clusters. Genetics, hormones, age, weight, prolonged sitting or standing, and pregnancy are the most common causes of spider veins.
Typical treatments include:
- Sclerotherapy—injecting a medicated solution into the veins
Stretch Marks
Also known as striae, stretch marks are a form of scar caused by rapid expansion or stretching of the skin. They can occur due to rapid growth or weight gain, such as puberty, pregnancy, or bodybuilding. They’re commonly found on the abdomen, waist, breasts, upper arms, thighs, hips, or buttocks.
Stretch marks can be treated with topical medications but respond best to laser treatments. Often, a series of treatments is necessary to achieve optimal results.
Sun Damage
Sun exposure can cause skin damage. The first signs of sun damage are skin discoloration—brown patches and spots—and dull texture. Another sign is wrinkles that occur with facial muscle movements, and then finally when wrinkles appear without movement.
There are several different treatment options or combinations available to effectively treat sun damage and wrinkles, including:
- Chemical Peels
- Microdermabrasion
- Pulsed Light Treatment—IPL
- Photodynamic Therapy
- Fractional Laser Resurfacing
Tattoo Removal
Unwanted tattoos can have an impact on your confidence. However, laser tattoo removal technology has greatly evolved. At Granite Bay Dermatology & Laser Center, we help our patients reclaim their skin with the innovative MedLite® Laser treatment.
Uneven Pigmentation
Chronic sun exposure over a lifetime can lead to brown spots, freckles, and uneven pigmentation. Typically, uneven pigmentation occurs on the face, chest, shoulders, hands, or arms—areas that see the most sun exposure. Often, the safest and most effective methods to address uneven pigmentation are laser treatments and skin rejuvenation treatments.
Volume Loss
Dermal fillers can help restore a youthful appearance by replacing lost volume to plump up wrinkles or skin folds. Often, sagging skin is directly caused by the loss of fat or shifting fat in the facial area, especially in the mid-face/cheeks. As an expert injector, Dr. Hearth can help refresh your appearance with natural-looking results.
Wrinkles
Fine lines and wrinkles can be one of the first signs of aging or may be caused by sun damage. Wrinkles will first occur with facial movements, but they will eventually set in, becoming visible without movement. At Granite Bay Dermatology & Laser Center, our experts have several different options or combinations of treatments that can help to effectively reduce the appearance of wrinkles.
Treatments to diminish the appearance of wrinkles include:
Renew Your Skin Health at Granite Bay Dermatology & Laser Center!
At Granite Bay Dermatology & Laser Center, we treat a variety of skin conditions to help maintain, restore, and refresh the health and radiant appearance of your skin. Your skin deserves the expert care you’ll get by partnering with Dr. Hearth and his team at Granite Bay Dermatology & Laser Center.
Schedule your consultation by calling (916) 773-3376 or completing our online form today.