Treat skin conditions under the expert guidance of a facial plastic surgeon.

Why See a Facial Plastic Surgeon for Skin Care Needs?

Detect skin cancer early—before it becomes problematic.

Seeing a skin cancer care expert for a screening is the first step toward taking care of your skin and checking for serious conditions, such as skin cancer or UV damage. During your screening, your specialist will be able to see whether or not you have an underlying issue that you can’t identify with the naked eye. This allows you to get the treatment you need to restore healthy, youthful skin.

At Clevens Face and Body Specialists, our team provides complete skin cancer care, from screening and diagnosis to treatment, removal of skin cancer, and, if necessary, reconstruction to restore your skin. We perform an advanced technique known as ultraviolet photography that allows us to find skin damage that is not visible to the naked eye. This technique is also used in cancer detection and monitoring. 

We take most types of insurance—contact us to confirm that we take yours!

Benefits of Skin Screenings

Understand what your skin needs to remain healthy and cancer-free.

Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States, and about 90 percent of nonmelanoma skin cancers are associated with exposure to the sun’s UV rays. 

Even if you don’t have precancerous cells, it’s smart to schedule an annual checkup on your skin to ensure you’re giving it the care it needs to remain healthy. For patients with a history of skin cancer, we recommend every four to six months. For patients with a history of melanoma, we recommend a screening every three months.

At Clevens Face and Body Specialists, we take many kinds of insurance and can help you:

• Establish a baseline for your treatment with an Ultraviolet Imaging Complexion Analysis that detects sun damage, the presence of acne-causing bacteria, and more.
• Get a skin cancer screening of your face, head, and neck to detect any precancerous or cancerous cells that require treatment.
• Improve actinic keratoses, the most common precancer, by combining Levulon with Photodynamic Therapy (PDT).

What Is Levulon?

Improve the appearance of actinic keratoses.

Combining Levulan (a topical light-activated aminolevulinic acid proven to penetrate actinic keratoses) with photodynamic therapy, Dr. Clevens is able to destroy precancerous cells. This treatment combination helps improve actinic keratoses faster, more completely, and with the least side effects compared to any other treatment available.

You may feel stinging, tingling, prickling, or burning, but these symptoms go away once treatment is finished. Post-treatment, you should stay out of the sun for 48 hours. After about one week, redness and swelling should go down. At this point, any remaining redness will subside after a few days. Dr. Clevens recommends two Levulan treatments to start, two weeks apart, after which you’ll discuss the need for ongoing maintenance treatments.