“My Journey Through a Decade of Topical Steroid Withdrawal”
Looking for hope and inspiration? One of our patients wrote an article about her personal journey of recovery from TSW (topical steroid withdrawal), with before...
Dr. Olivia and Amethyst Holistic Skin Solutions offer information and treatment for a wide variety of dermatological conditions. Specializing in eczema, TSW, acne, and psoriasis, we encourage you to contact us for an initial intake if you’d like to discuss your own skin health history.
Berberine for TSW? Here’s What You Need to Know!
Berberine is a medicinal herb that’s been used in both Eastern and Western herbal medicine for centuries. It’s a compound that can be found in...
We Look at Tremfya® for Psoriasis
Tremfya® is a prescription medicine used to treat adults with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis, and/or psoriatic arthritis. It contains the active drug guselkumab and...
Phototherapy Treatment: Is it a Good Choice?
Phototherapy uses a very bright UV light on your exposed skin and is sometimes used to treat various skin conditions such as eczema, vitiligo, and...
NEA Video: The Patient-Doctor Relationship
In this episode of S’more Time with the Doc, 19-year-old eczema patient Jeremy Paredes and Dr. Olivia Hsu Friedman discuss how to own your eczema...
The Connection Between Stress and Eczema – Audio
Dr. Olivia Hsu Friedman was the featured guest for the Chicago Integrative Eczema Center’s November 2023 meeting. Here presentation spoke to the relationship between stress...
Psoriasis? We Look at Taltz®
Taltz® (Ixekizumab) is an injectable medicine used to treat those 6 years of age and older with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. It is a...
We Take A Look at Opzelura (TM)
OpzeluraTM is a relatively new medication, receiving FDA approval in 2021 as the first topical treatment of its kind for atopic dermatitis (eczema). It is...
NEA Video: Eastern and Western Medicine
S’more Time With the Doc features a doctor and a patient or caregiver discussing topics that often get missed during office visits. This series, produced...