If you're packing sunscreen and planning beach days, a pre-vacation full body skin check may be the most important thing you add to your South Florida summer prep list.

DIY waxing and at-home hair removal kits are popular across South Florida, but the heat, humidity, and open skin they leave behind are creating a growing number of infections, rashes, and irritation that dermatologists are seeing in their offices.

South Florida's thriving gym culture comes with a hidden risk. Here's why staph infections and ringworm spread so quickly in fitness environments, and what to do if you think you've been exposed.

Wrinkles, crepey skin, and poikiloderma on the chest are showing up earlier — and more aggressively — in women who live under South Florida's relentless sun. Here's what's actually happening and what can be done.

Your child's skin gets more UV exposure before age 18 than almost any other time in their life — and most South Florida kids never get checked

Why the heat, humidity, and UV exposure here change what kind of peel you need — and when you can safely get one

South Florida's boating and fishing culture is one of the most beautiful parts of life here. It also puts your skin at serious risk for melanoma. Here is what every angler and boater needs to know.

Why Your Daily SPF Routine Might Be Breaking Down Your Skin Instead of Protecting It

What looks like a stubborn pimple, a dry scaly patch, or a persistent rash on your face might not be a skin care issue — it might be basal cell carcinoma, and in South Florida, it's showing up in people decades younger than most expect.

That rash keeps coming back because the cause is still in your life — patch testing is how you finally find it.