Using beef tallow as a moisturizer is trending on TikTok with ‘ski’nfluencers touting its benefits, but is it really all that? Peter Lio, MD, a Clinical Assistant Professor of Dermatology and Pediatrics at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine and a Partner at Medical Dermatology Associates of Chicago in Chicago, IL, weighs in on whether beef tallow should have a place in a skincare routine.

Host Sonal Choudhary, MD, the Director of the Integrative Dermatology and Skincare Clinic at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Pittsburgh, PA, talks to Peter Lio, MD, a Clinical Assistant Professor of Dermatology and Pediatrics at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine and a partner at Medical Dermatology Associates of Chicago in Chicago, IL, about the role that probiotics can play in the prevention and treatment of eczema.

Key takeaways:

• ·With eczema, bacteria are imbalanced on the skin and in the gut. Some studies show oral probiotics may help. This is why Dr. Lio suggests all his patients take a multi-strain probiotic.
• There likely is not a one-size-fits-all probiotic for eczema due to the heterogeneity of the condition.
• ·Most eczema patients can also benefit from vitamin D supplementation.

Global Vitiligo Foundation President Seemal Desai, MD, Associate Professor of Clinical Dermatology at the University of Texas-Southwestern in Dallas, TX, and Pearl E. Grimes, MD, Director of the Vitiligo and Pigmentation Institute of Southern California in Los Angeles, CA, have devoted much of their careers to treating vitiligo. In this episode of Prescribing Hope: The Podcast, they discuss the revolution and evolution of vitiligo treatment, spurred by the approval of topical ruxolitinib (Opzelura, Incyte) and bolstered by a robust pipeline.