Dr. Joseph Bark
Dermatology
Lexington, KY, Mexico
51 years experience male
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Doctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.
Dermatology
Licenses
United States: Kentucky
Languages spoken
English
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311 Answers
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A 24-year-old member asked:
Dr. Joseph Barkanswered
Dermatology 51 years experience
Arthropod Assaults: There are many bugs which love the human skin. One of a dermatologists most important tools is his eyes. That means that it is necessary to see these ... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
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Tick bite: If the tick is actually biting when you see it, it will be a small brown or black bug attached by his legs and mouthparts to your body. Black text are... Read More
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A 40-year-old male asked:
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Exercise-induced urticaria?: There are certain limitations imposed by this format which include the lack of a photograph of the skin lesions about which you requested information,... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
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Hand lesions: There is really no way to tell you what you have to seeing them. That is a dermatologist greatest advantages to eyeballs late on the lesion off and te... Read More
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A 39-year-old female asked:
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Itching: Many things can cause itching on the facial skin and neck skin but in general we say that one should worry about such things as seborrheic dermatitis ... Read More
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A 36-year-old female asked:
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Yellow nails: There are very many causes of yellow nails...(even long term staining from polish!). You’ got to see a dermatologist to investigate this.
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A 19-year-old female asked:
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Dark skin: No. Don't even think about this concept. There are pigment lighteners for selected areas, but the use of the most powerful one of these is limited t... Read More
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A 34-year-old female asked:
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Cost of drugs: Lately we have noticed drugstores popping up on every corner in our town. I think that tells you where the money is in medicine. I don't know how to g... Read More
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A 42-year-old male asked:
Post intensive antibotic treatment 11types started to get thrush on my tongue any ideas how to cure?
Dr. Joseph Barkanswered
Dermatology 51 years experience
Thrush: See your dermatologist and ask him or her if this is really thrush. At that time they may want to give you a special mouthwash or a dissolvable tablet... Read More
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A 17-year-old female asked:
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Myxoid Cyst or other: Without a picture is very hard to judge what this lesion may be. The leading contender is that clipping the males have nothing to do with the problem,... Read More
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A 32-year-old member asked:
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Conditions/odors: This is really an "apple and oranges" type question. The condition of the body is that state in which the body generally finds itself, but body odor i... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
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Folliculitis: Folliculitis is caused by a bacterial infection down in the air unit or follicle. This infection can because by many different types of bacteria and c... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
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Dermatology 51 years experience
Dermatitis: There is no way to tell what the causes of a patch of dermatitis is without seeing it. Therefore you must see a dermatologist to get this resolved. Ho... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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He treated hair: Doing a double heat treatment shaft of hair is like putting a hair between two jeeps and running them in different directions. Hair will soon break an... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Pubic spots: There are about as many causes of brown spots in the pubic area as there are patients you have them! the most important thing about these spots is tha... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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Ticks, bleeding: A bleeding tick bite means that the tick has bitten deeply enough to penetrate some blood vessels, making it easier to contract tick-borne illnesses. ... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Lotrisone (clotrimazole and betamethasone) cream: This cream is an antifungal cream that has a little cortizone (hydrocortisone) in it. I don't use this cream because i feel it decreases local defense... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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Sand Fleas: The most important thing about insect bites is that you get away from the insect, first of all! secondly, this is very important to make sure that th... Read More
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A 25-year-old member asked:
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Tick knots: Lumps felt after a tick bite could be several things. First is a granuloma, or organized bodily response by a large cells in the skin. Accumulations... Read More
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A 47-year-old member asked:
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Vaginal bump: My chief of dermatology very wisely used to say "a bump in the body belongs in a bottle!" so, go to your gynecologist and get this looked at and prope... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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Antiperspirants: What? This is not the way that antiperspirants are intended to be used. In fact, the way that they say they should be used is after the shower, but t... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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Dermatology 51 years experience
Placement: Shots are given in the upper arm because it is a convenient place where there is a big muscle in which to inject. Shots do not scar, but a vaccination... Read More
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A 32-year-old female asked:
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Dermatology 51 years experience
Exam needed for diag: Your question is missing a lot of information which is necessary to make this diagnosis. The chief one is a photograph. A dermatologist's main tool is... Read More
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A 32-year-old member asked:
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Dermatology 51 years experience
Sunsick?: Cannot answer this question because too little info has been given, but i can say that there are numerous skin problems which originate with sun expos... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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Epilation: Pain! why would anyone do that? Why not shave the areas you wish to defoliate. It is much easier and painless, and cause none of the problems with ... Read More
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A 27-year-old male asked:
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Healthy hair: Having a healthy hair is a question we get frequently. Actually, only those things which are living can be said to be healthy. Hairs are dead as a doo... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
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Shingles: Shingles is a condition in which the chickenpox virus or vericella is reactivated during adulthood. We don't know the exact cause of the reactivation,... Read More
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A 49-year-old member asked:
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Suction bruises, : It takes several days for the bruising to go away if it is black and blue. If it has two holes in it which looks like a vampire bite, read a vampire b... Read More
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A 49-year-old member asked:
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Dermatology 51 years experience
Scars: In order to answer this question it would be important to know why the scars are there. And indeed if they are scars, or are they just arias of pigmen... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
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Dermatology 51 years experience
Sweaty hands: This is almost exclusively a stress related problem and can be treated beautifully with drysol liquid. See your dermatologist and ask them for instruc... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
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Dermatology 51 years experience
Depilatory: There is no cream which will permanently stop hair from coming back. We use vaniqa to slow its growth dramatically.
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A 33-year-old member asked:
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Dermatology 51 years experience
Facial moisturizer: There are many good ones like aveeno (oatmeal) lotion which are tremendous moisturizer and some of them actually have sunscreens within them. In freq... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
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Dermatology 51 years experience
Bites: If the site is painful and/or persistently red or white, and if the bite has the colors red, white, and/or blue, get to ed immediately.
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A 32-year-old member asked:
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Pockmarks: There are many ways to try to get rid of pockmarks in the skin. The sometimes they can be raised or elevated to near invisibility using injectable fil... Read More
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A 40-year-old male asked:
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Foot rash: There are many causes of foot rashes which need to be looked at by dermatologist. It is possible to have an allergy to something that touches your foo... Read More
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A 26-year-old female asked:
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Dermatology 51 years experience
Swollen hands: I am very fond of telling people that the main tool that a dermatologist has to use in his or her practice is their eyeballs! that means that you shou... Read More
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A 31-year-old female asked:
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Dermatology 51 years experience
Alopecia; hair loss: There are several causes of hair loss, and the therapy for each of those is quite a bit different. Hair loss can be due to genetics or any physical in... Read More
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A 36-year-old male asked:
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Hair: Hair conditioners smooth the tiny shingles on hairs so that they glide over each other easier.
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A 37-year-old female asked:
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Dermatology 51 years experience
Unknown skin lesion: A dermatologist's best tool are his eyeballs. If we can't see the lesion, there is no way we can make a diagnosis as accurately as we would prefer. Y... Read More
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A 35-year-old female asked:
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Tb: Those are the two most effective screening tests for tb. In your case the x-ray may have changed or, more happily, it may not have changed, which mean... Read More
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A 55-year-old female asked:
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Dermatology 51 years experience
Possible angioma: There are many types of "moles." a mole really is a new growth in the skin but it's more of a lay-term than a professional one. Vascular moles could b... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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Dermatology 51 years experience
Zit: First of all, don't pick at it! this can result in spreading of any bacteria present and even contagion to yourself and distant sites. You really must... Read More
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A 48-year-old male asked:
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Dermatology 51 years experience
Contact Dermatitis?: It is very difficult to tell what this might be without seeing it. I have seen people who are allergic to nickel metal and who have contracted this it... Read More
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A 30-year-old member asked:
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Dermatology 51 years experience
Insect bite: Most likely, though this is not a diagnosis, this liquid is serum which comes out between the cells of the skin. It can be a reaction to inflammation ... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
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Dermatology 51 years experience
Filler problem: If you have a swelling in the area this late after injections, it may be very logical to use hyaluronidase for this problem because it may make the no... Read More
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A 36-year-old male asked:
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Dermatology 51 years experience
Does: Does Radiesse (dermal fillers) ruin my dental x-rays?
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A 18-year-old female asked:
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Dermatology 51 years experience
lip spot: If there is indeed only one spot, you better get this check by dermatologist! this could be a spot which indicates a premalignancy due to sun exposure... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
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Dermatology 51 years experience
Facial picking: The first rule of acne treatment is, "do not pick at your spots!" this can leave permanent long-term pigmentation changes, and well you have probably ... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:
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Dermatology 51 years experience
Herpes: Well, this would be conceivably possible, it would be an extreme rarity. It is not likely at all that she would pass this to yourself. Still, the best... Read More
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A 35-year-old female asked:
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Dermatology 51 years experience
Finger infection: This can be a very important problem, because there are various infections around the nail which need to be treated immediately. Some of these which a... Read More
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Mar 30, 2015
Dr. Bark is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Bark is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Thx a lot. I would appreciate it if u could let me know whether it would fade on its own or with topical treatments since im not able to see a derm. Hope u mail me @dylantham2000@hotmail.com about it...Read More
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! she said herpes, but no culture, on ankle too, send u message with pic
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This made me feel good. Thanks! X-Ray showed Erosive Arthritis, will see Rheumatologist in week & a half.
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
University of Kentucky College of Medicine, KY
Graduated 1972MD
Awards
Top Doctor, Second Place, Lexington Region, KY - Summer
2013
Top Dermatologist , First Place, Kentucky - Summer
2013
Top Dermatologist, First Place, Kentucky - Spring
2017
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