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Dr. Richard Feinstein

Dermatology
Miami, FL
55 years experience male

Locations

Office

Miami, FL

Address

3661 South Miami Avenue, Suite 1005, Miami, FL, US
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Insurances accepted

Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Florida

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About

Bio

Richard J Feinstein practices in Coconut Grove, in Miami, Florida. He has been selected as one of the Best Doctors in America, every year since the program has been started. in 1998. He attended Medical School in Syracuse,New York, interned at a Georgetown program in Washington D.C., and trained in dermatology at the University of Miami School of Medicine, beleived to be the finest dermatology residency program in the world. He is a clinical professor of Dermatology at the University of Miami. He has an active and efficient practice, and sees both children and adults for all problems of the skin, hair, and nails, ears, mouth, nose, and genitals. He has a great deal of experience and expertise with many cosmetic procedures like Botox, Restylane, Sculptra and Radiessse and does them very well. He and his staff are kind and considerate, as well as being excellent skin specialists and are fluent in Spanish and English.

Specialties
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Dermatology

Languages spoken

English

Doctor Q&A

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A 20-year-old member asked:
Dr. Richard Feinstein
Dermatology 55 years experience
May be a pimple.: There may be a skin lesion at that tender site, that you are not aware of. It could be a pimple, or you may have scratched yourself with a comb or br... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
Dr. Richard Feinstein
Dermatology 55 years experience
Pattern Hair Loss: Male patterned baldness, androgenetic alopecia, is a genetic disease that causes hair loss in certain areas of the scalp, in certain people, usually m... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
Dr. Richard Feinstein
Dermatology 55 years experience
Genital rash: A small painful rash, or lesion, on the genitals may be herpes simplex, a viral infection of the skin that is very common. As many as 100 million amer... Read More
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A 22-year-old member asked:
Dr. Richard Feinstein
Dermatology 55 years experience
Try dandruff shampoo: In fact, a dry itchy scalp may not be dry, but a sign of an oily inflammation like seborrheic dermatits or even psoriasis. Check to see if you have f... Read More
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A 20-year-old member asked:
Dr. Richard Feinstein
Dermatology 55 years experience
Could be herpes: Herpes simplex is a viral infection that always recurs in the exact same location. It often occurs on the lips, called a cold sore, but can occur on t... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
Dr. Richard Feinstein
Dermatology 55 years experience
Kaposi Sarcoma: Kaposi sarcoma, ks, is a purple cancer of the skin that is caused by a type of herpes virus. It was seen only in elderly jewish and italian men until ... Read More
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A 48-year-old member asked:
Dr. Richard Feinstein
Dermatology 55 years experience
Eye lid allergy: The eyelid skin is the thinnest skin on humans, and is prone to becoming irritated by chemicals that will not cause problems on other areas of skin, l... Read More
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A member asked:
Dr. Richard Feinstein
Dermatology 55 years experience
Foot warts: Plantar warts, are an infection by wart virus of epidermal cells of the bottom of the feet. The skin here is very thick and the warts are difficult t... Read More
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A 25-year-old member asked:
Dr. Richard Feinstein
Dermatology 55 years experience
Body lice: Three types of lice can infect humans. Head lice live on the scalp and hair, and infect mostly children. Pubic lice, live on the pubic hairs, and are... Read More
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A 25-year-old member asked:
Dr. Richard Feinstein
Dermatology 55 years experience
Accutane: Acne is a disease of the hair follicle unit, often begins at puperty when male and female hormones stimulate the production of skin oil, sebum. Early... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
Dr. Richard Feinstein
Dermatology 55 years experience
Punctures heal: A puncture wound is an incision into the skin by a sharp instrument, and the damage produced is related to the depth and width of the puncture. A shal... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
Dr. Richard Feinstein
Dermatology 55 years experience
Hives: Urticaria is the medical name for hives. This is an allergic reaction to something that has entered into the body, by either eating, or breathing. It ... Read More
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A 25-year-old female asked:
Dr. Richard Feinstein
Dermatology 55 years experience
May be dyspareunia: Vaginal discomfort during sexual intercourse is called dyspareunia, and there are many possible causes. There could be dryness, that requires the us... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
Dr. Richard Feinstein
Dermatology 55 years experience
Itchy bumps: All insects contain materials, in their saliva and hairs, that can irritate human skin. A reaction to an insect is related to how allergic you are to ... Read More
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A 19-year-old member asked:
Dr. Richard Feinstein
Dermatology 55 years experience
Lump under the arm: The under arm lump can be an infection, caused by shaving or a bad bacteria, like staph aureus. It could also be something worse, like a tumor, and i... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:
Dr. Richard Feinstein
Dermatology 55 years experience
Eczema: Eczema is an allergy, caused by allergic chemicals that we breathe or eat, and is a skin form of asthma and sinusitis. It runs in families, and may be... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
Dr. Richard Feinstein
Dermatology 55 years experience
Can try cortaid (hydrocortisone): Psoriasis is a chronic autoimmune disease, which affects almost 15 million americans, and most have such minimal disease that they may not even know t... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
Dr. Richard Feinstein
Dermatology 55 years experience
Dark spots: Any injury or inflammation of the skin can cause a discoloration. The degree of discoloration is related to the nature of the injury, burn or scrape, ... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
Dr. Richard Feinstein
Dermatology 55 years experience
Dandruff: You should use several kinds of dandruff shampoos, and shampoo every day, rotating the shampoos. Head and shoulder, selsun, tar shampoos, ketaconozole... Read More
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A 22-year-old male asked:
Dr. Richard Feinstein
Dermatology 55 years experience
Shampoos: T gel shampoo is a mild, over the counter medicated shampoo, that is helpful for psoriasis and seborrheic dermatitis of the scalp.It is possible that ... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
Dr. Richard Feinstein
Dermatology 55 years experience
Sweating from shower: Perspiration, or sweating, is the production of sweat by sweat glands as a mechanism to cool the body. A sensor in the brain detects body heating and ... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
Dr. Richard Feinstein
Dermatology 55 years experience
Skin cancer: The sun produces ultraviolet light that can damage the skin. The damage is related to the kind of skin a person has, and the hours of sun exposure, an... Read More
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A 18-year-old member asked:
Dr. Richard Feinstein
Dermatology 55 years experience
Hair follicle bumps: You may have clogged pores in these areas. These may run in families and are often related to hormonal fluctuations in women. Sometimes shaving and th... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
Dr. Richard Feinstein
Dermatology 55 years experience
Use drying agents: Fungus infection of the foot skin and toe nails, is related to genetic factors. Injury to the nails, and sports and tight shoes and sweating feet, p... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
Dr. Richard Feinstein
Dermatology 55 years experience
Vitiligo: Vitilgo is an auto immune disorder where your bodys immune cells attack the dark pigment cells in your skin. It coccurs in all kinds of people, but lo... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
Dr. Richard Feinstein
Dermatology 55 years experience
Dry Heels: There is a chance that your dry heel skin, is not merely dry skin but a kind of rash. Psoriasis can cause very thick dry like skin on the heels, and a... Read More
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A male asked:
Dr. Richard Feinstein
Dermatology 55 years experience
Bumps back of scalp: Some people, most often men develope pimple bumps on the back of their scalp, and these are worse if the man or his barber shave the neck where it mee... Read More
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A 28-year-old male asked:
Dr. Richard Feinstein
Dermatology 55 years experience
Dandruff: Dandruff is a rash on the scalp that produces lots of flaking skin. It is not a dry scalp, and using pomades and oils may hide the scaling, but also m... Read More
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A 34-year-old female asked:
Dr. Richard Feinstein
Dermatology 55 years experience
Dark knuckles: Many people get dark skin in areas where the skin has been irriated or inflamed. You may be irritating your hands at work or by exposure to some activ... Read More
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A 24-year-old member asked:
Dr. Richard Feinstein
Dermatology 55 years experience
Your feet may be hot: Sweating is a body function that is meant to cool us down. Most people sweat when they are over heated, but some people sweat when they are nervous, a... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
Dr. Richard Feinstein
Dermatology 55 years experience
Cortisone creams: Psoriasis is common and sometimes runs in families, it be very minimal, with just a few patches, thick nails, or dandruff, or it can be very severe w... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:
Dr. Richard Feinstein
Dermatology 55 years experience
Could be eczema: Many people have jobs where there hands are exposed to water, detergents, chemicals, and never have any complaints of drying and irritation. Your prob... Read More
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A female asked:
Dr. Richard Feinstein
Dermatology 55 years experience
New hair growth: I don't know why you would get new hair growing on your skin after touching a frog, or frog urine, and i think that you are mistaken. Even if the fro... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:
Dr. Richard Feinstein
Dermatology 55 years experience
Misdiagnose occurs.: Scabies itch is caused by an allergy to the tiny mites, and some people are more allergic and have more itch and rash then others who also have scabie... Read More
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A 41-year-old female asked:
Dr. Richard Feinstein
Dermatology 55 years experience
A different disease.: Scabies is caused by microscopic mites that live in human skin: elbows, hands, buttocks, genitals, and has severe, unbearable itching, worse at night.... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
Dr. Richard Feinstein
Dermatology 55 years experience
You need a culture: An abcess is an infection of the skin which is almost always caused by a pathogenic bacteria called staphyloccus aureus. It is very contagious, and l... Read More
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A 22-year-old member asked:
Dr. Richard Feinstein
Dermatology 55 years experience
Sore belly button: It is possible that you have a bad bacteria germ living within your belly button, or umbilicus. You can try to cleanse inside with antibacterial soap ... Read More
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A 46-year-old member asked:
Dr. Richard Feinstein
Dermatology 55 years experience
Acne medicines: Acne is a disease of the hair follicle unit, caused by tiny, thick pieces of sebum, comedones. There are three general types of medicines that treat ... Read More
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A 32-year-old member asked:
Dr. Richard Feinstein
Dermatology 55 years experience
Skin rejuvenation: Most of damage to the skin, resultig in wrinkles, clogged pores, and discolored spots, comes from sun exposure over many years, so you must never get ... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
Dr. Richard Feinstein
Dermatology 55 years experience
Flea bites: Flea bites, like all insect bites, are an allergic reaction to the biting insect. Generally, the reaction is mild, and lasts a few days, and does not ... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
Dr. Richard Feinstein
Dermatology 55 years experience
Herpes virus: There are many types of herpes viruses. Herpes simplex type i, causes cold sores on the face, while type ii, causes herpes sores on the genitals. Vari... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
Dr. Richard Feinstein
Dermatology 55 years experience
Sun burn: Human skin can be burned by exposure to heat. There are 3 kinds of burns: first degree, where the skin is red. Second degree, where there are blisters... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Richard Feinstein
Dermatology 55 years experience
Jaundice: Yellow skin could mean that you have jaundice, a condition caused by an increase in your blood levels of bilirubin, and an indication that your liver ... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
Dr. Richard Feinstein
Dermatology 55 years experience
Herpes: Herpes is a viral infection of the skin. It always comes the first time from another person. Herpes on your penis could come from your penis contactin... Read More
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A 22-year-old female asked:
Dr. Richard Feinstein
Dermatology 55 years experience
Insect bites: It is likely that you do not actually have scars from the insect bites, but merely areas of discoloration and inflammation. An injury to the skin must... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
Dr. Richard Feinstein
Dermatology 55 years experience
Old age freckles: Long term exposure to the sun can cause dark discoloration, and also dark smaller flat lesions. These are lentigines, or senile freckles and occur in ... Read More
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A 47-year-old member asked:
Dr. Richard Feinstein
Dermatology 55 years experience
Thin skin: Long term exposure to the sun can cause the skin to become thin, so that small blood vessels become visible, and are closer to the surface. The dermal... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
Dr. Richard Feinstein
Dermatology 55 years experience
Genital herpes: Herpes genitalis is a viral infection of the penis or vagina, which came the first time, from sex with another person who was infected. The virus t... Read More
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A 29-year-old female asked:
Dr. Richard Feinstein
Dermatology 55 years experience
Freckles and moles: Moles are collections of skin cells that have a lot of the dark skin pigment, called melanin. Some people have many moles and some people have few o... Read More
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A 29-year-old female asked:
Dr. Richard Feinstein
Dermatology 55 years experience
Bed bugs: Bed bugs have been around for centuries, but have started to appear again, in people who stay at hotels where the prior guests brought the infestati... Read More
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HealthTap member
Mar 30, 2015
Dr. Feinstein is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Feinstein is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
HealthTap member
May 25, 2012
Actually took the time to type out more than 2 sentences. :)
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Education & Training

Medical/Graduate school

State University of New York Upstate Medical University, NY
Graduated 1968MD

Awards

Top Dermatologist , Third Place, Florida - Winter
2013
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