Dermatology Books

Enjoyed the read, case studies are useful and the book is an easy read. With a little practice and confidence you can start using this powerful treatment in you sessions in no time.

If you have ever experienced skin or coat problems with your cat this is the book to get (this includes flees). It not only clearly describes the conditions but contains great pictures as well (very graphic and a bit upsetting (you wonder how some cats got in that condition)). It also has a good section on keeping the cats environment safe and medications. I would like to see an updated version.

This unique book represents a compilation of material presented by Prof. Yannas over a couple of courses at MIT. The material is clearly presented and will probably be best used by graduate students and experimentalists in the field. This book is not a list of protocols. It is a review of the field and a summary of the Yannas lab's impressive body of work in the areas of skin and nerve tissue regeneration.

I want to get information about vitiligo. I have a vitiligo myself.

I have been researching watershed and water quality models to use in my thesis research and this book is a great place to start. There are a lot of models not covered, but many are mentioned and there are some very indepth disscussions on others. All in all this is a great resource.

This book is very informative and very interesting, but the author's occasional attempts at soaring similie come across a bit awkward and amateurish. Definitely worth a read, though, especially if you've always wanted to know more about your largest organ.

I observed that on this year there was worsening in the quality in the organization of the material. Why? subject lack or time? Observation: nevertheless i didn'nt stop buying!

I love this book and what Dr. Perricone has to say about getting healthier. His ideas are easy to understand and make sense. I found the book where I work and read it and decided it would make a great gift. If you're looking to get healthier, I would recommend his book and his products.

This book is awesome. I have been following the steps provided in this book and the results have been great. I even started taking the appropriate supplements and using the suggested skin care products in the book. This book informs us on the importance in eating the right foods to maintain healthy skin and body. The exercise plan is fairly simple and not overwhelming. Get this book!! You will thank yourself later.

I read a dog book in the 70s that stated, "good coats are bred for, fed for, and cared for". Good skin in humans is much the same. Heredity plays an important part, but it's too late to fix that now. The shelves of our bathroom cabinets are laden with products to help us care for our skin (many of which are crap, but that's another book and review). The purpose of the Perricone Prescription is to provide a diet and lifestyle plan that will give you beautiful skin. Only a credulous person would take all the recommendations as gospel. The true believer would not only be exercising regularly and drinking eight glasses of water a day, but also taking hundreds of dollars in supplements each month, using the good doctor's extremely expensive moisturizers, and eating salmon at least seven times a week.

There's "clinical evidence" in the form of lots of pairs of before and after pictures of women who have followed this diet. You be the judge, but without guidance in many cases I wouldn't have seen the improvements or even confused the "before" with the "after". Unless you are coming from a diet of celery sticks and a granola bar three times a day, this program won't be a quick fix.

The supplement program seems over the top, and a thinking person wouldn't start a bunch of supplements without researching them elsewhere first. The skin care products sold by him deserve a skeptical eye, and the drugstore/department store recommendations are too vague or out of date.

Having said that, The Perricone Prescription has some merit. The diet plans I've followed (along the Weight Watchers model) always asserted that "Americans eat too much protein". Perricone contends that many of the models and actresses he sees are malnourished. I added up the grams of protein I typically eat and it does fall short of the US recommended daily allowance of 55 grams and Perricone's minimum of 65 grams. I may not be thin, but I could feed myself better. It seems like everywhere you turn, the benefits of eating healthy, drinking water, and regular exercise have another benefit. Eating more wild fish, less red meat, more vegetables: these are all good things. Taken with a shaker full of salt, this is a useful book.

I highly recommend this book to anyone seeking to improve their eating habits as well as their skin. Most of the book deals with the effect of diet and supplements on the body, and gives specific recommendations as to which foods and supplements have the greatest healthy and anti-aging benefits. As well, it also approaches the topic of aging in a very well balanced way. For instance, Perricone also stresses the important effects of exercise, sleep, skin care, and lifestyle choices on ones overall health and aging. The Three-Day Facelift outlines an easy three day meal plan to follow to reduce inflammation. The plan is uncomplicated to follow, and the foods he recommends are easy to prepare. I followed this for 3 days and felt energetic and my skin glowed. I repeat this program whenever I need a pick me up (or I want my skin to look great!). This advice in this book are definitely something that I have modified my lifestyle around becasue it is effective, sensible and something that I feel is beneficial to my overall health, in addition to my skin. I HIGHLY recommend this as a read for anyone looking to improve their general health and eating habits with some truly impressive benefits!

Ok...I really haven't gone insane. I saw this particular "diet" mentioned on a show I was watching about a month or so ago and the dietitian talked about how the "core" of the program is actually pretty solid but she thought, by and large the supplement and skin care regimen that he's created is "excessive" - I think she was one step away from saying it's just too much (money) to be spending and too much to be taking in terms of vitamins and other supplements. If you did everything Perricone said, you'd be taking about 20 vitamins and various other supplements and putting 4-7 lotions and topical creams on your person everyday, twice a day...and most of them are hundreds of dollars apiece if you're buying his brand (and still quite pricey of you "shop around" for the same thing from another manufacturer). You'd be spending several thousand dollars a month just on supplements and creams before you even got to the food part of this.

Reading this and being able to be objective out it (i.e. I'm not looking for a quick fix, I'm looking for additional strategies to add to this whole healthy living adventure thing I've got going on) it's slap you in your face obvious how this guy makes his living because, according to him, everything can be made all better with these supplements and creams. My complaint with this is it's clearly for people who are making a LOT of money...he wants you to eat fish (specifically Alaskan salmon, but a few others are in there too) seven days a week and for more than one meal a day...according to him, that should be the staple of the diet with some chicken and turkey breast thrown in, but never beef. If everyone were to suddenly start eating like this, wouldn't that have a long term negative impact on the salmon population....for the amounts he's recommending, it seems like this diet will coast a lot of $$$ to stick to the letter of the plan. I think I've come away from it with some things I can defiantly work into my plan and it was interesting to read about health and well-being from a dermatologist perspective, but I'm guessing the people who can really embrace and benefit from this type of diet/lifestyle long term are the one's making loads and loads of money. I do give kudos that all the recipes are the embodiment of simplicity, even my 8 year old daughter could make everything listed in the recipe section...he seems to think under his plan you could eat this way for the rest of you life...I think you'd get sick of salmon after a while...no matter the health benefit, eating ONLY one food 95% of the time, in my opinion can be really hard to stick with long term (unless you're fanatical about salmon). Overall, interesting read from a dermatological perspective, but not something I think most people would be able or willing to do for a lifetime. I've come away from it with a few new ideas about supplements (small changes that I can make that won't cost me tons of $$$) and some new (for me) info on bad and good sugars and carbs. I give it a C simply because the average Joe couldn't get on this program without bankrupting themselves.

I think he should rename his book as The Acne Prescription: The Perricone Program for the RICH by Nicholas Perricone. Has he checked the prices of wild salmon and all the berries he recommended lately? They are sky-rocket priced. If I follow his program and buy his over-priced products, I would spend all my paychecks and some loans. I think he should practice his program with limited budget like the rest of us to see if it is realistic or NOT.

I think the most effective, economical program is The Acne Cure: The Nonprescription Plan That Shows Dramatic Results in as Little as 24 Hours by Dr. Terry J. Dubrow and Brenda D. Adderly.

This book has really changed the way that I live. Not only has it really improved my overall skin quality, I have more energy and I am more vivacious than ever before! I have struggled with acne since I was about twelve years old. I have tried everything including accutane. It as not until I found this book and began following some of the principals that I really noticed a difference. I will say this, a really do not believe that all the supplements are required for you to reach your optimum skin health. I do fine with my fish oil and ALA ( which I will not buy at the overly inflated perricone web site prices), and watching my high glycemic carbs. I also take DMAE and eat a lot of salmon. Not only has my skin cleared, the entire color of my skin is different. People began to complement me for the first time in my life telling me that I had beautiful skin. In addition to the skin clearing, i also am much more toned and dropped about 10 pounds since the start of the program. The only problem I have with this book is it seems like Dr. Perricone really plugs his products waaaaay to much. The prices on his website are a little crazy for my taste. If you want to really save on your topical supplements go to a website called [...] With the products on this website you can make you own skin care products using cetaphil as a base. They are exactly the same thing.

I am 33 mom of 3 and at my wits end with Acne. I had been to a dermatologist again (off and on throughout the years) and been put on topical medications which were not working. I stumbled upon this and CANNOT BELIEVE that after 3 days my acne started clearing up. It has now been 6 days and it is only getting better. I went on the 3 day diet and am now incorporating his ideas into my regular lifestyle. I think I have lost 3 pounds too, but to me the clear skin is the best!! I have been taking a multivitamin, some extra Vitamin A and selenium drinking a lot of green tea, use flax seed on my yogurt and just started taking fish oil too and that has worked for me. If you have acne and really want a solution, I say give it a try...just incorporate what you can into your life and see. p.s. I love!! coffee but am going without except for maybe 1 cup a day.

If you are into health at all, much of this information is obvious. However, some of the more specific information about nutrients, vitamins, foods and quantities are very useful. I found the book helpful and my serious adult acne problem began to lessen after a week or so when topical treatments did little.

The plan and systemic treatment that Dr. Perricone has developed works! I wish there was a way I could give testimonials in his behalf on finally proving that acne is systemic. After having a child at 27 years old, my skin totally changed and I became very acne prone. I would suffer from mild to moderate acne at all times. It was very rare that I did not have some form of breakout on my face, neck, back and/or chest. I went to numerous dermatologists and received great treatments. However, nothing worked. I took the antibiotic - Tetracyclin off and on for over 9 years. Since finding this book, I have been eating the foods and taking the supplements that are listed in the book based on my type of acne. I look completely different. I even choose to go without any foundation on my face. His information is great. For the first time in 9 years, I have not taken any antibiotics. IT IS FABULOUS and my skin is radiant.

Thank you Dr. Perricone!

Author Lisa LeVan makes her book easy to read and understand. Lisa herself has had Psoriasis too, so the skin condition is not just a theory for her, she tested her recommendations on herself. I'm very glad that I purchased her book, I have found it very useful. It is obvious that Lisa is a very intelligent woman, but I believe she didn't write this book to prove to the world how smart she is or an ego booster, she wanted to be helpful. I hope Lisa will write more books on this subject.

I am writing this review in response to the negative reviews that this book has received. In response to the person who stated that this was unrealistic the reality is that we are living in a society that is all about making money. There are simple answers to many of our health care problems but that information has been suppressed over many years by the people who make billions of dollars off of keeping us sick the health care industry. The drug companies have complete control over everything the finance the universities who train our doctors & "Nutritionist" to follow a protocol not to think for them selves. And if they try to think for themselves and treat patients outside of the protocols that they have been given they risk having their license revoked. Most Americans have come so accustom to the propaganda that has been feed us by the American Medical Assn., the Food and Drug Administration and The U.S. Dept. Of Agriculture that any idea other than what we have been feed is wrong. Well most of us do not have a Medical License to worry about loosing but we do have our health and our lives so it is best to keep an open mind and remember that a lot of the medical advise we are given is not for our benefit but for a multibillion dollar Health Care Industry.

I had terrible guttate psoriasis all over my entire body that morphed into plaqualar psoriasis--I suffered with it for six months, bad enough that I was bed-ridden. Even though I'd given up hope, someone bought me this book and I tried it. Using their diet "do's and don'ts" and supplement regimen (yes, it's like 60 vitamins a day. But when your body is crying out for help like that, severity is necessary). I was CLEARED...in three weeks. I almost wonder if the reason this is not known by all the world is because the insurance companies won't make money if everyone knew! Because, at least for me, this book really was a cure, and 4 years later, I've never had another outbreak. I combined this diet, by the way, with UV treatments (which had previously only helped temporarily).

Finally, an easy to read and understand book that clearly explains what to do to get rid of psoriasis, how to do it, and why other methods commonly in use, such as lots of exposure to direct sunlight or UV light, are potentially very dangerous. Very practical and useful information. I would highly recommend it to anyone who has psoriasis or who has a friend or loved one with psoriasis. It is, as a friend of mine has said, "like a breath of fresh air".

Psoriasis is an inflammatory response. Your immune system is overactive. Helping to control it through diet is an essential part of succesful treatment. If you get that part out of this book, great. But the diet here is extreme as the nutritionist's review states. You're better off with a book on treating inflammation such as Floyd Chilton's "Inflammation Nation". Also, as for "it works for me", a day in the ocean does more good than any drug I've ever used. Sun and salt water are wonderfull, not to mention stress reducing. A win all the way around. Hope this helps some of you fellow sufferers.