Dr. Elena Jones

Skin advice from Dr. Elena Jones

Tips from an expert on how to keep your skin at its best

Now, if anyone deserves some pampering - it's us busy women! We deserve to treat ourselves to an at-home spa treatment that won't break the bank.

• Before going to bed, soften skin in the shower by washing with extra moisturizing and deliciously fragranced cocoa butter body wash. Next, generously apply a clinically proven moisturizer to hands and feet before putting on cotton socks and gloves. In the morning, you won't believe how smooth and supple your skin is.
• Household items that we take for granted can actually be the culprits in skin irritation and dryness. Try to avoid fabric softeners and dryer sheets, and, if you can, use liquid detergent that is free of fragrance and dyes.
• Also, when it's time to tackle those chores, use "powder free" gloves to avoid skin irritation. Some powder-free, latex gloves are actually lined with aloe to keep hands soft while scrubbing away!
• Another easy way to keep skin moisturized is to slightly alter how you dry off after the shower. Instead of rubbing skin completely dry with a towel - gently pat dry, leaving skin slightly damp. Applying a clinically proven body lotion to damp skin will lock in additional moisture and keep skin extra hydrated.
• When it comes to soothing dry, irritated skin, try soaking in the bath until fingers and toes are wrinkly, which will take roughly 10-20 minutes. Keep the bath temperature warm, not hot. Overly hot water can actually zap skin of its much-needed moisture.

About Dr. Elena Jones

An official "New Yorker" (born and raised!), Dr. Elena L. Jones is a board certified dermatologist, who graduated from Wellesley College and Georgetown University School of Medicine. Dr. Jones, also a board certified pediatrician, first trained in Pediatrics at NYU/Bellevue Hospital before pursuing an education in dermatology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

Dr. Jones has apprenticed under some of New York City's best dermatologists and was an integral faculty member at St. Luke Roosevelt's Skin of Color Center. Subsequently, she served as the Director of its Dermatology Clinics. In that position, she realized both her passion for teaching dermatology residents as well as serving her community. For the past 10 years, Dr. Jones has been in private practice and has been proprietor of her own practice on Manhattan's Upper East Side for the past five years.

Dr. Jones is a diplomate of the American Board of Dermatology and a fellow of both the American Academy of Dermatology and the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery. She continues to be excited and encouraged by the ever-evolving field of dermatology and enjoys her daily interaction with her patients of all ages. Her special interests include pediatric dermatology and the unique needs of ethnic hair and skin. When Dr. Jones is not spending time with her patients, she is spending time with the men in her life - her husband and one-year-old son, Reid.