Skin cancer, the most common type of cancer by far, can range from small precancerous lesions that can be frozen off with cryotherapy, to invasive tumors that need to be surgically removed.

Though not all skin conditions require professional dermatological care, you might be surprised to find out how many do. Here are the top five reasons to come see Dr. Skaggs.

The desire to minimize facial wrinkles and lines is almost universal. Of course, there’s an array of reactions to the natural aging process: Some don’t care, others just up their moisturizing game, and some go for plastic surgery.

If you’re like most people, you have some freckles, sun spots, dark patches, and even a few moles here and there on your skin.

Did you know that your skin has a love-hate relationship with the sun? On one hand, your skin needs the sun to help develop vitamin D, which is an essential ingredient in bone growth. But too much sun damages your skin and causes more harm than good.

Today, Mohs surgery is considered the gold standard of skin cancer treatments, but it wasn’t long ago when doctors had no option but to cut deeply into healthy skin to access the cancerous portions or radiate it.