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Ashley Curtis is Featured in Around About Magazine
Ashley Curtis, of Dermatology Associates of Atlanta, is featured in the health & wellness section of Around About Magazine. Dr. Curtis provides her patients with dermatological care as well as complete skin care solutions. Pick up a copy of Around About Magazine to read more!
Welcome to our Newest Dermatologist, Dr. Ashley R. Curtis!
Dermatology Associates of Atlanta welcomes our newest board certified dermatologist, Dr. Ashley R. Curtis to our staff! We are thrilled to have Dr. Curtis’ specialized knowledge of dermatology (i.e.- skin cancer, acne, psoriasis, eczema, etc.) as well as female hair-loss to assist our Atlanta patients. Dr. Curtis’ unique medical perspective will further enhance DAA’s dermatologist and provider team currently consisting of Edmond I. Griffin M.D., D. Scott Karempelis, M.D., Stephen J. Kraus, M.D., Joseph R. Payne, M.D., Delmer L. Henderson, PA-C, Mara P. Grosswald, PA-C, Kathryn Filipek MPAS, PA-C, Dwayne Taylor, R.N., Jan Buckley, and Patti Shaw.
Dr. Curtis joins us from Winston-Salem, N.C. where she held the Chief Resident position at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. When not practicing, Dr. Curtis used her time in North Carolina to write and review articles for the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology and various publications for dermatology news. She also enjoyed volunteering time at Wake Forest to help with skin cancer screenings and care clinics. We look forward to reading more of Dr. Curtis’ articles and witnessing her exemplary patient care.
Dr. Curtis will begin accepting appointments in April and see patients, beginning June 1st. If you would like to know more about Dr. Ashley Curtis, we invite you to post your questions on DAA’s Facebook and Twitter pages. We’re dedicated to fulfilling your skin care needs- head to toe, and would love to hear from you!
See Dermatology Associates of Atlanta in Best Self Magazine this month!
Skin care may seem like a woman’s thing, but Dermatology Associates of Atlanta (DAA) has provided head to toe skin care to both women and men since 1976. With eight, in house speciality centers equipped with state of the art technology, our eleven certified providers offer something for everyone. Here are a few frequently asked questions at our center in the new Best Self Atlanta magazine now out on newstands.
Study Reveals Possible Answer to Stress Related Hair Loss
When the National Institutes of Health funded a study conducted by UCLA to prevent the negative physical effects of stress on the gastrointestinal system. Instead, these researchers may have stumbled onto a potential remedy for stress and age related hair-loss: astressin-B.
Because the causes of hair loss in men and women are numerous and sometimes unpredictable, Dr. Edmond Griffin likes to educate patients on potential treatments as soon as they present themselves. Hair loss causes can include: heredity (female and male pattern baldness), age, hormonal imbalance, certain medications (anagen effluvium), and extreme stress (alopecia areata). Age and stress are typically two of the most frustrating causes because they are an inevitable part of life. The California researchers found that injecting genetically altered mice (whose bodies contained excess amounts of the stress hormone corticotrophin-emulating a human’s body under chronic stress) with the astressin-B chemical compound caused the mice to re-grow their lost hair despite their elevated levels of stress hormone.
Also exciting about the scientists’ discovery is the peptide compound’s quick, long-lasting hair transplant results. The mice received one injection per day for five days and exhibited increased hair growth for up to four months following the treatment. UCLA adjunct professor, Million Mulugeta summarized the research saying, “Our findings show that a short-duration treatment with this compound causes an astounding long-term hair re-growth in chronically stressed mutant mice.”
Even though we understand that mice do no react the same way that humans do, we find this study especially promising for human hair growth implications. In case you missed our other blog posts on hair growth technology, Dr. Griffin is also currently working on a topical, botanical treatment for women’s hair loss and injections of Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) as an aging skin treatment. Be sure to follow Dr. Griffin on Facebook and Twitter for the latest hair restoration news.
See Dermatology Associates of Atlanta in Atlanta Parent Magazine this month!
Can you answer all of these skin care related questions? If you get them all right, you can win 1 of 5 facials ($100 value) we are giving the winners from our medical spa, Skin Medics. Send your answers to marketing@dermatlanta.com
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