Board-certified dermatologist, Dr. Cheryl M. Burgess is a nationally and internationally acclaimed authority on aesthetic and medical dermatology. The photos and articles below highlight a few of her many media appearances, interviews, and memorable events.
Hello! My name is Dr. Cheryl Burgess, I am a board-certified dermatologist in downtown Washington DC. I have been in practice for nearly 30 years, treating patients with scars, acne and cosmetic procedures. I also have a patented technique in injecting fillers and do a lot of clinical research in fillers and Botulinum toxin, acne, acne rosacea. So, as you can see my practice is pretty vast in the number of specialties that I concentrate on. I also primarily concentrate in skin of color issues because as of 2044 we will see that the US will be more skin of color than of white skin. Therefore, it is very important to understand the skin, know how to treat skin of color and also for the betterment of our patients know how to recommend certain products that they may get information by reading beauty magazines and women’s magazines and they feel that these procedures may be for them, however it important for us to direct than in their cosmetic path.
Hi, my name is Dr. Cheryl Burgess, and this is “Ask A Derm”.
My mission as a board-certified dermatologist is to educate the public in who’s the expert in skin, hair, and nails. Okay, the first question is:
1. What is the simplest and most overlooked skincare advice you wish everyone followed?
My best advice would be to protect your skin from the moment you’re born to the day you die, and there are a lot of aspects to why we suggest wearing sunscreen or sun protection every day.
2. So what are some new and innovative skincare ingredients that you are recommending for your patients?
Well there’s a lot of new preparations, one: Alastin – strengthening elastin in the skin which we tend to deplete around the age of 40, and therefore that is one of the products that I really, really encourage women over 40 or mid-life that they should be using.
3. So are morning and evening skincare regiments different and why?
Yes, they are different. For the most part, our body goes through a circadian rhythm and where the skin is protecting itself in the morning and repairing itself at night. So for the most part, the ingredients that you use need to be assisting what the body is typically doing. So for instance, your sunscreens and your antioxidants you want to use in the morning because your body is trying to protect itself from the environmental elements such as the sun. At night we want to repair any damage that was caused during the day, and therefore reusing our alpha hydroxy, beta hydroxy acids, we’re using our retinols and those other types of products that cause the body to repair itself.
