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Rapid Fire Pearls on Treating AD With Advanced Topical Therapies ------------------------------- Targeted Topicals in Action: AD Patient Success Stories

What AD Patients and Their Caregivers Really Want to Know

First, Do No Harm: Discussing Topical Treatment Safety With AD Patients and Caregivers ------------------------------------------------ Managing Common Side Effects of Newer Targeted Topicals in AD

Topical JAK Inhibitors: In Focus and In Practice

Targeted Topical Therapy in AD: Who, When, and Why

What Today's Patients Want (and Don't Want)

Find out in this bonus episode of The Blend with Nadia Sundlass, MD, PhD, FAAD, a Dermatologist in Pittsburgh, PA.

Nadia Sundlass, MD, PhD, FAAD, a Dermatologist in Pittsburgh, PA, sorts through the science surrounding the health effects of plastics, phthalates, forever chemicals or perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) with Host Sonal Choudhary, MD. “In terms of our personal health, plastic use has been implicated in endocrine disruption, increased inflammation, increased risk of chronic disease, and those health effects have been linked to the type of plastic molecule itself,” Dr. Sundlass says. There are fewer clinical or epidemiological studies looking at how exposure to plastics affects the skin, but the literature is growing, she says.  For example, a 2025 study in Pediatric Allergy and Immunology found that kids who had higher levels of phthalates in their urine had an increased risk of atopic dermatitis. The study authors linked phthalate exposure to elevated r levels of interleukin (IL)-5 and decreased levels of IL-10.  In addition, a 2025 study in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology found a link between hidradenitis suppurativa severity and exposure to plastic.

In this episode of Get Lit, Ted Rosen, MD, the Editor-in-Chief of The Dermatology Digest®, takes a look at some of the newest dermatology research, including a study showing that young women who turn to social media influencers for acne advice buy more products, develop more skin barrier dysfunction, and have more severe acne than if they followed dermatologists online. He also details some compelling and potentially practice-changing case reports in this don’t-miss, must-download episode.

In this episode of The Blend, host Sonal Choudhary, MD, Director of the Integrative Dermatology and Skincare Clinic at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Pittsburgh, PA, speaks with Hadar Avihai Lev-Tov, MD, Associate Professor in the Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in Miami, FL, about hidradenitis suppurativa (HS). They discuss the importance of exercise, newer approaches to wound care, and practical ways to support patients, including: Sharing a QR code linking to patient handouts and the HS Foundation websiteConsidering biologic therapy earlyOffering deroofing procedures

Hadar Avihai Lev-Tov, MD, Associate Professor in the Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in Miami, shares the one wound-healing practice clinicians still use—and should definitely scrap—in this bonus episode of The Blend.

In this episode of The Blend, Our host, Sonal Choudhary, MD, Director of the Integrative Dermatology and Skincare Clinic at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Pittsburgh, PA, and Hadar Avihai Lev-Tov, MD, an Associate Professor at the Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in Miami, FL, discuss advances in wound care and healing, including the many ways that regenerative technologies are helping to accelerate healing, improve outcomes, and transform the management of acute and chronic wounds. Listen and learn about biofilms and enzymes derived from pineapples and larvae that may play a role in wound bed preparation.

Taking it Back to Basics: Re-Emphasizing the Role of Moisturization in Atopic Dermatitis Featuring Kavita Mariwalla, MD, FAAD

Skin Barrier: The Impact of Defects and Dysfunction in Skin Health Featuring Ted Lain, MD, MBA

The Science of Skin Repair: Foundations of Effective Wound Healing Featuring Mona Gohara MD, FAAD