Medical Dermatology Specialist

What is medical dermatology?

Medical dermatology is an area of medicine that specializes in diagnosing, treating, and preventing diseases that affect the skin, hair, and nails. Your skin, hair, and nails protect your internal body parts from injury and illness.

Unfortunately, protecting your body takes its toll, causing health problems that affect the look or function of your skin, hair, or nails. There are also a number of chronic conditions that affect these external organs.

Dr. Zweiback is an experienced internal medicine physician who specializes in medical dermatology.

What does medical dermatology treat?

Dr. David Zweiback provides comprehensive medical dermatology care at his practice.

Some of the conditions he treats include:

• Rashes
• Psoriasis
• Eczema
• Skin tags
• Skin polyps
• Warts Acne
• Cherry angiomas (small red bumps)
• Keratosis (precancerous lesion)
• Hidradenitis suppurativa (small painful bumps under the skin)
• Skin cancer

Dr. Zweiback also offers cosmetic dermatology services, including Botox®, fillers, and polydioxanone (PDO) thread lifts.

What can I expect during a medical dermatology consultation?

You can expect a thorough and patient-centered evaluation when you see Dr. Zweiback for a medical dermatology consultation. The experienced primary care provider takes a holistic approach to care, focusing on your whole health, not your symptoms or disease.

He asks detailed questions about your skin concerns, reviews your medical and family history, and examines your skin. Dr. Zweiback may take a biopsy of your skin or growth to confirm or rule out a diagnosis.

The skilled medical dermatologist also does annual skin exams for those with concerns about skin cancer. He also teaches you how to do your own skin self-exam so you can spot abnormalities in between your annual exams so you can get care right away.

What are some of the medical dermatology treatments?

Dr. David Zweiback offers a full spectrum of medical dermatology treatments. The specific treatment you need depends on your diagnosis.

Dr. Zweiback removes precancerous and cancerous lesions, warts, and skin tags using various methods such as surgical excision, cryotherapy (freezing therapy), or electrocautery (heat therapy). He also provides medical acne treatment for all ages.

The board-certified internal medicine physician also uses biologics to treat chronic skin conditions like eczema and psoriasis.

For expert medical dermatology care from an experienced provider, call Dr. David Zweiback or schedule an appointment online today.