706 - What Happens To Our Skin in Winter?
Public Health On Call
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
4.6 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 10 January 2024
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
Are you one of the millions of people who experience dry skin and itchiness when the weather becomes colder? Dermatologist Dr. Shafat Hassan talks with Dr. Josh Sharfstein about what happens to our skin in the wintertime and how we can take care to reduce redness, chapping, and other dermatological issues. Spoiler alert: It's also important to apply sunscreen, even on blustery, cold days.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Public Health On Call, a podcast from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, |
| 0:05.9 | where we bring evidence, experience, and perspective to make sense of today's leading health challenges. |
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| 0:30.5 | This is Lindsay Smith Rogers. |
| 0:32.9 | Today, why millions of people find themselves worried about their skin during the winter. |
| 0:38.9 | Dermatologist Dr. Shafat Hassan joins the podcast to speak to Dr. Josh Sharfstein about how |
| 0:44.1 | cold weather makes our skin itch and our lips chap and what we can do about it. |
| 0:49.5 | And if you're thinking the winter is a good time to stop using sunscreen, think again. |
| 0:55.1 | Let's listen. |
| 1:02.7 | Dr. Shafat Asan, thank you so much for joining me on Public Health On Call to talk about skin in winter. And we should be clear with our audience here that you are now a student at the Johns |
| 1:09.9 | Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public |
| 1:11.3 | Health, and you're also a dermatologist. |
| 1:14.2 | Yes, thank you for having me, Josh. I am at the MPS program, Johns Hopkins, but I am a |
| 1:21.7 | dermatologist, of course. And tell me a little bit more about your clinical training. |
| 1:31.3 | I have had my clinical training in Beijing. I spent more than 10 years. |
| 1:33.3 | And then I had my fellowship from Germany where I did spend some time in Tübingen, |
| 1:39.3 | did my dermatomechology there. |
| 1:43.3 | And I spent some time in Dubai where I did some clinical practice as well. |
| 1:47.3 | And in Kashmir, where I'm originally from. |
| 1:49.8 | So it is a global dermatology experience that you've had. |
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