Our Mission
Combine our medical expertise and professional experience with sincerest integrity and best intent.
Become the most trusted name in pediatric skincare.
Be guided by good conSCIENCE.®
Our Expertise
We are not actors. We are not businessmen.
We are board certified physicians who met at Johns Hopkins Medical Institute where we trained professionally to become pediatricians. We are both board certified experts in our respective fields of pediatric dermatology (Dr. K) and hospital-based pediatrics (Dr. Dave). We both have active, thriving careers in healthcare and treat real-life patients each and every day.
For us, pediadermics is a labor of love that took 10 years to bring to fruition. Our formulations represent our collective knowledge and combined experience - from successfully treating thousands of patients over 30+ clinical years.
We personally stand by each and every product that we make available. That is our conSCIENCE® guarantee.
Our Approach
We formulate based on up-to-date evidence, medical-grade standards, and best clinical practices.
We formulate purposefully and exclusively relying on science - not conjecture or happenstance - to guide us forward. We reject the common over-the-counter premise that "one bottle treats all things equally." Instead, we formulate with a "condition-specific" and "kid-specific" approach in mind.
We remove the guesswork from treatment regimens by utilizng instructions that reflect the current medical standard and that teach proper and safe use to children and their families.
Like you, we are parents. With our own children in mind, we will make only the safest and most effective skincare formulations.
Our Physician Founders
David C. Hanson, MD
Board Certified Pediatrician
Board Certified Hospital Medicine Specialist
Johns Hopkins-trained Pediatrician
Father
Andrew C. Krakowski, MD
Board Certified Pediatric Dermatologist
Board Certified Dermatologist
Johns Hopkins-trained Pediatrician
Father
Our Story
We first met while training as pediatricians at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institute, in Baltimore, Maryland. Working 80+ hour weeks, running on fumes, and getting next-to-no sleep, we became good friends and dedicated our lives to caring for the health and well-being of other people's children. Nearly twenty years later - with our own kids now! - we created pediadermics to put our clinical expertise to good use and help children everywhere enjoy healthier skin.
Some of the obstacles we set out to address are as follows:
- Confusing marketing around gimmicky products put out by non-experts (e.g., actresses, bloggers, influencers, etc.) looking to increase their own financial gain;
- Difficulty keeping straight “what to do first,” “what to do next,” and “how to do it” correctly;
- Expensive "chichi" products that were infused with the latest essence or Internet fad but were capable of causing more harm than good on kids’ sensitive skin;
- The tendency to give up too early on treatment because realistic expectations were never explained;
- Too many "single bottle" options in the local drugstore claiming to cure everything from eczema to Athlete’s foot;
- Using “too little” of a medication (because of concern for possible side effects) or “too much” of one product instead of a complete treatment regimen (because that is what is available)
As a result of our real-world experiences, our condition-specific formulations and the instructions we utilize on our packaging are all designed to educate families on how proper use leads to better clinical results. We are proud to be the bridge between "diagnosis" and "expert treatment," and we are honored to partner with you and your child on the journey to healhy skin!