Dermatology covers more ground than most people realize until they need it. Skin cancer is the part that gets attention in Southwest Florida — and with good reason, given the cumulative sun exposure most people here have accumulated over a lifetime. But a large part of what we do every day involves the conditions that don’t make headlines: eczema that flares every winter, acne that hasn’t cleared despite years of over-the-counter products, psoriasis plaques that have never been properly evaluated, hair loss that started gradually and has been quietly progressing.
The physicians at South Florida Skin Center trained across the full breadth of dermatologic medicine. Dr. Herbst holds Board Certifications in both Dermatology and Mohs Micrographic Surgery and has more than 40 published articles in the medical literature. This isn’t a practice that does one thing well and handles everything else as an afterthought.
We’ve organized our services into categories below. But the honest version is that most visits don’t fit neatly into one. Someone comes in for an annual skin check, we spot an actinic keratosis on the scalp, treat it that day with liquid nitrogen, discuss a mole on the forearm that warrants closer monitoring, and send a biopsy on a lesion that looked atypical. That’s not four services. That’s one appointment with a thorough physician.
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Skin Cancer Treatment (Surgical)
When surgical removal is the appropriate treatment for a skin cancer, the specific procedure matters. The goal in every case is complete removal of the cancer, but how to achieve that depends on…
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Second Opinions & Expert Review
A skin cancer diagnosis is not the time to simply accept the first recommendation without question — particularly when the proposed treatment is significant, when the diagnosis came from a provider without specific…
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Minor Procedures
Not everything that needs to be done in a dermatology office requires a surgical suite or weeks of recovery. A large portion of what we address in routine visits falls into the category…
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Advanced / Specialty Treatments
Some conditions respond well to standard topical or oral treatment. Others require modalities that go beyond what a prescription alone can provide — in-office light-based treatments that interact directly with the skin, using…
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Skin Cancer & Prevention
An estimated 40 to 50 percent of fair-skinned people who live to be 65 will develop at least one skin cancer. In Florida, where the sun is…
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General Dermatology
Skin cancer brings many patients to a dermatologist for the first time. But a large proportion of dermatology appointments — easily half in a typical week — are for conditions that have nothing…
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