Rapid Fire Pearls on Treating AD With Advanced Topical Therapies

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Targeted Topicals in Action: AD Patient Success Stories

Episode 5: What AD Patients and Their Caregivers Really Want to Know

Episode 4:

First, Do No Harm: Discussing Topical Treatment Safety With AD Patients and Caregivers

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Managing Common Side Effects of Newer Targeted Topicals in AD

Episode 3: Topical JAK Inhibitors: In Focus and In Practice

Episode 2: Targeted Topical Therapy in AD: Who, When, and Why

What Today's Patients Want (and Don't Want)

Find out in this bonus episode of The Blend with Nadia Sundlass, MD, PhD, FAAD, a Dermatologist in Pittsburgh, PA.

Nadia Sundlass, MD, PhD, FAAD, a Dermatologist in Pittsburgh, PA, sorts through the science surrounding the health effects of plastics, phthalates, forever chemicals or perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) with Host Sonal Choudhary, MD.

“In terms of our personal health, plastic use has been implicated in endocrine disruption, increased inflammation, increased risk of chronic disease, and those health effects have been linked to the type of plastic molecule itself,” Dr. Sundlass says.

There are fewer clinical or epidemiological studies looking at how exposure to plastics affects the skin, but the literature is growing, she says.

For example, a 2025 study in Pediatric Allergy and Immunology found that kids who had higher levels of phthalates in their urine had an increased risk of atopic dermatitis. The study authors linked phthalate exposure to elevated r levels of interleukin (IL)-5 and decreased levels of IL-10.

In addition, a 2025 study in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology found a link between hidradenitis suppurativa severity and exposure to plastic.