Skin and Joints Podcast

Reframing How We Manage Sensitive Skin with Dr.Jessica Asgarpour

Episode Summary

𝐖𝐞'𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐮𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞. 𝐖𝐞'𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥 📍 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐮𝐩𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐲. 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐞'𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐡, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐞. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐮𝐩𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐎𝐧 𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞, 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧? 𝘼𝘽𝙊𝙐𝙏 𝘿𝙧. 𝙅𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙖 𝘼𝙨𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙥𝙤𝙪𝙧, 𝙈𝘿, 𝙁𝙍𝘾𝙋𝘾 Dermatologist | Toronto Dr. Jessica Asgarpour is a Canadian and American board-certified dermatologist. She completed her medical school at the Cumming School of Medicine, in Calgary, Alberta, where she was born and raised. She went on to the University of Alberta for her residency training in dermatology, where she acted as co-chief resident from 2019-2020, and was awarded the Dr. Andrew Lin Dermatology Scholar award. She has also been awarded multiple scholarships to conferences to keep her up-to-date with the ever changing medical literature. She has published in many peer-reviewed journals, and practices medicine with this same evidence-based approach. She practices medical, surgical and cosmetic dermatology. When she is not practicing dermatology, she enjoys keeping active and loves to run, spin and hike. EPISODE Supported by an educational grant from P&G Canada.

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About Dr.Jessica Asgarpour,  MD, FRCPC

Dermatologist  |  Toronto 

Dr. Jessica Asgarpour is a Canadian and American board-certified dermatologist. She completed her medical school at the Cumming School of Medicine, in Calgary, Alberta, where she was born and raised. She went on to the University of Alberta for her residency training in dermatology, where she acted as co-chief resident from 2019-2020, and was awarded the Dr. Andrew Lin Dermatology Scholar award. She has also been awarded multiple scholarships to conferences to keep her up-to-date with the ever changing medical literature. 

She has published in many peer-reviewed journals, and practices medicine with this same evidence-based approach. She practices medical, surgical and cosmetic dermatology. When she is not practicing dermatology, she enjoys keeping active and loves to run, spin and hike.  

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𝐖𝐞'𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭.  

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐮𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞. 𝐖𝐞'𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥 📍 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭.

𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐬,  𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐮𝐩𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐲. 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐞'𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐡, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐞.  

𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐮𝐩𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐎𝐧 𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞, 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬.  

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧?