by Dr. Kristin Dean, MD | Sep 3, 2026 | Patient Education
Pigmentation is the concern patients most often treat successfully and then watch return. That pattern is not a failure of the treatment. It usually means the type was misidentified, or the trigger was never removed. There are three common kinds of facial...
by Dr. Kristin Dean, MD | Sep 3, 2026 | Patient Education
Growth factors are the most expensive category in most medical skincare lines and the least well explained. Patients are frequently told a serum contains them, rarely told what they are, and almost never told what the evidence actually supports. Here is a plain...
by Dr. Kristin Dean, MD | Sep 3, 2026 | Patient Education
Retinol has more evidence behind it than almost anything else you can put on your skin. It also has the highest abandonment rate, and the two facts are connected. Most people quit not because it failed, but because they started too strong, too often, and their skin...
by Dr. Kristin Dean, MD | Sep 3, 2026 | Patient Education
Most people who are unhappy with their skincare do not have bad products. They have good products applied in an order that stops half of them from working. If a serum goes on after a moisturizer, it has to fight through that moisturizer to reach your skin. If an...
by Dr. Kristin Dean, MD | Jun 26, 2026 | Patient Education
San Diego County has no shortage of med spas. On almost any block you can find injectables advertised, frequently at prices that look impossible to beat. More choice is generally a good thing. But there is a quieter truth behind the marketing: providers do not hold...
by Dr. Kristin Dean, MD | Mar 30, 2026 | Patient Education
If you have searched “best medical weight loss program near me,” you have probably noticed something: there are a lot of options, and they are not all the same. Some programs ship medication after a quick online form. Others rely on apps and point systems....
