She is a medical doctor, a physician who has gone to university and has an undergraduate university degree. After that, she went on to four years of medical school training, after which she did her specialty training in dermatology, which was a five-year specialty training. So quite a lot of schooling went into becoming a dermatologist, really the only true skin expert in the skin, the hair, and the nails. She is trained to do medical dermatology, which would include things such as skin cancers, skin infections, rashes, and conditions such as acne, rosacea, or psoriasis. As well, she's trained in surgical dermatology, laser dermatology, and cosmetic dermatology. So the breadth of training she underwent was quite extensive, which allows her to really provide the best and optimal care for your skin, hair, and nails.
She is a loving aunt to a two year-old nephew who keeps her very busy when she's not at work. She spends a lot of time doing the usual things with her nephew boys his age like to do, such as going to the park, going to the zoo, and playing with trucks, trains and planes as much as possible. On the weekends, she usually spends her time with family and friends, spending a lot of time catching up with people, enjoying the sights and sounds of the City of New York.
One of her biggest challenges as a dermatologist is compliance because nobody likes to use creams very much, particularly men, she said. Cindy talked about how men don't have the basic understanding of how important it is to take care of their skin, or how to persist with their treatments to get the results they really want. And it can be something as simple as a daily moisturizer that can make a world of difference between having to continually use a topical steroid cream, which has long-term side effects for the skin versus being able to keep an eczema or dermatitis clear for long periods of time.
It is such a satisfying job for her to be able to help such a range of patients - because even though they are not necessarily sick, the difference she makes to their lives is sometimes quite phenomenal.
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