Author: Karol Lillianfeld

Karol Lillianfeld is from Brooklyn, New York and is of Hispanic and Jewish heritage. She graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor's degree at Northeastern University, where she worked as an essential worker in both a hospital and a healthcare clinic during the pandemic. She is passionately pursuing a medical degree at the New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine. Karol aims to cultivate an eagerness to raise awareness and improve the knowledge on medical conditions affecting the population at large.

Everything You Need to Know About Stasis Dermatitis

What is stasis dermatitis? Stasis dermatitis, also called gravitational dermatitis, venous eczema or venous stasis dermatitis, is a condition that involves skin changes that are the result of high venous pressures caused by venous reflux. This can be due to a weakening of the valves of the leg veins that help push blood back to […]

All About Vitiligo: From Symptoms to Treatment Solutions

What is vitiligo? Vitiligo is a condition characterized by loss of pigment in patches. The outermost layer of skin is called the epidermis. At the base of the epidermis are cells called melanocytes that produce a substance called melanin. Melanin is responsible for skin pigmentation. In vitiligo, a selective amount of these pigment-producing cells may […]