Pediatric Dermatology   

Given that Accutane can affect calcium homeostasis, would you recommend continuing Accutane or are additional steps or workups warranted?

Healthy kid <5 years old with hemangioma measuring 6 cm. No prior therapy was trialed. Lesions not growing or involuting.

For example, a 1 year old healthy female twin in whom a lesion appeared 6 mos ago and has been stable in size. On exam, left upper back 1.3cm x 1cm s...

Mother's insurance plan has a high deductible and phototherapy is inconvenient (family lives 50 minutes away). 

(preschool-aged patients)

For example - keeping a baby under 1 year on tacrolimus ointment for 3 months BID

What special considerations or couseling do you provide for pediatric patients that are different from adult patients?

Are dilute bleach baths enough? Should they use any topical therapies? Is there a need for Staph decolonization with something like mupirocin?

Are there cases where food or environmental allergies significantly worsen eczema in children?

Is 6 months too early? Is anesthesia the only concern? Should they be followed by a Neurologist?

For kids experiencing moderate to severe urticaria that improve with single-dose antihistamine, do you scale up the manufacturer packaging dosages up ...