If losing weight is part of your New Year goals, CCSD is now offering a medical weight loss program! Semaglutide is FDA-approved to help with chronic weight management and stimulate weight loss. We offer semaglutide with Vitamin B-12 to help reduce appetite, slow gastric emptying, and promote better eating habits. The addition of Vitamin B-12 helps ease side effects such as nausea and fatigue. Studies show that patients see a significant weight loss when using semaglutide with B-12.  The CCSD Medical Weight Loss Program includes:   3 months of weekly visits and semaglutide trea ..read more

Save the date! Defy Aging Virtual Event is on April 18th  One of our most popular events of the year, Defy Aging, will be here before you know it! Join us virtually all-day on Thursday, April 18 to get discounts on your favorite cosmetic treatments, skincare and enter for a chance to win one of our coveted raffles!  Register below for the event below, and let the countdown begin!  [contact-form-7 ..read more

We are pleased to announce that Jennifer Croix, MD, PhD will be joining our experienced CCSD providers beginning Monday, April 1, 2024!   Dr. Croix is a Board-Certified Dermatologist with a PhD in Nutritional Sciences (2010) and MD with highest distinction from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2012).  Dr. Croix also completed a highly competitive cosmetic fellowship at Union Square Laser Dermatology in New York.  Dr. Croix has contributed to numerous publications and research obtaining many accolades for her achievements.  She began her practicing in 201 ..read more

My acne has always been the thing I wished I could change about myself more than anything. To those who have never experienced real acne this may sound dramatic, but it is all consuming. You are obsessed with checking your skin: treating active acne, seeing if anything new is forming beneath the surface (and praying that it won’t), blotting excess oil, covering up spots and scars to the best of your ability with concealer, and so on. When going to bed with a bad pimple, sometimes I would wake up in the middle of the night and feel compelled to turn on the lights and “check in” on it. In the mo ..read more

Nicoletta is a native of Macomb, Michigan and graduated from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor where she obtained her Bachelor of Science and majored in Neuroscience. She attended Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science in North Chicago, IL where she received her Master of Science in Physician Assistant Practice. After PA school in Chicago, she moved back to Ann Arbor for a few years to provide medical dermatological care at a private practice. Nicoletta Ciraulo, PA-C has accreditations from: National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants ..read more

Hyperhidrosis Awareness Month, which is in November, offers a chance to educate patients of this debilitating condition. Hyperhidrosis afflicts millions of people around the world, which is nearly 5% of the world’s population! This medical condition is when the body sweats four or five times more than normal. When sweating is this extreme it can be embarrassing, uncomfortable, and anxiety-inducing. It can disrupt all aspects of a person’s life. Luckily, Chicago Cosmetic Surgery and Dermatology has many hyperhidrosis treatment options available to our patients! Prescription strength topical an ..read more

Save the date for TWO big days of savings coming this November! National Dysport Day – November 8th Aspire Rewards is offering an exciting promotion on November 8 only to Aspire members. So make sure if you haven’t registered or downloaded the app yet, to sign up today (it’s free)! Treat yourself on Wednesday November 8 by claiming $50 off a $150 ASPIRE gift certificate to use on your next Dysport treatment at CCSD. Book your Dysport appointment and also save more on treatment day by using your Aspire points! (Book your appointment 90+ days after your last Dysport treatment in order to utilize ..read more

Our most popular event of the year, Day of Beauty, is just around the corner! Join us virtually on October 12 to save on your favorite cosmetic treatments, skincare and enter for a chance to win one of our coveted raffles! Virtual all-day event, shop whenever you want on Oct. 12th! 10% of our Day of Beauty event proceeds will go to the Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Foundation, in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month. Stay tuned for more info, and let the countdown begin ..read more

CCSD welcomes Solomiya Grushchak, MD and her patients to CCSD. Dr. Grushchak is a Board-Certified Dermatologist and a Fellowship-Trained Mohs Micrographic and Cosmetic & Laser Surgeon. She is a Ukrainian born, Chicago-native who received her undergraduate degree and Doctor of Medicine from the Honors Program at Loyola University Chicago. She obtained her Doctor of Medicine at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine. To better serve the needs of her patients, Dr. Grushchak continued her training at the University of California – Irvine, specializing in cutaneous oncol ..read more

Chicago Cosmetic Surgery & Dermatology offers all of the latest innovative treatments only performed by the best providers. Alongside our Board-Certified Dermatologists, we have a specialty-trained team of Physician Assistants that perform a variety of treatments including CoolSculpting Elite, EMSCULPT NEO, EMFACE, Thermage FLX, miraDry and so much more! But what is a Physician Assistant? PAs are licensed clinicians who evaluate, diagnosis and treat a broad variety of medical and cosmetic concerns. They also perform screening exams, preventive care and educati ..read more