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Call your doctor or a dermatologist if: Self-care measures and over-the-counter medicine have not helped after several months; Your acne is severe (for example, you have lots of redness around the pimples or you have cysts) or getting worse; You d...
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A healthcare provider should be contacted under the following circumstances: Painful nodules and cysts are present. Over-the-counter medications have not been effective. Acne lesions are causing scarring. Acne is causing dark skin to have darker p...
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The American Board of Medical Specialties recognizes Family Medicine as a distinct discipline requiring an additional three years of training for doctors who wish to become Board Certified in this field. Family Medicine doctors are usually primary care providers (PCPs) [formerly general practitioners, or GPs] for the entire family.
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A physician who specializes in the treatment of children from birth through adolescence. A pediatrician is a physician who has taken extra training in the development and diseases of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults through age 21.
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American pediatrician 1870-1960 A portrait of Owen Wilson. In the preface of " The Care and Feeding of Southern Babies, " Wilson said that other similar works focused on childrearing in cooler climates, and therefore were inapplicable to infants in the southern United States.
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