Jennifer Bares, a board-certified dermatologist at Renew Dermatology, may have studied dermatology under world-renowned doctors in New York, but when it came time to set her roots, she knew she would return to Alabama with her husband.
“We just wanted to be closer to family when we started having kids, and we decided to move back because both my parents and my husband’s family are here in town,” Bares said. Upon returning, she joined Renew Dermatology, which has offices in Homewood and Greystone.
Renew Dermatology, established in 2018, recently expanded to Greystone in August 2023 to meet increasing demand. In addition to Bares, co-owner Kristy Curl and nurse practitioners Caroline Wilson and Taylor Holsombeck serve the Greystone office.
“Greystone was an obvious choice for us because I had already seen patients in that area for seven years prior to opening Renew,” Curl said. “After a brief hiatus while establishing the Homewood office, I wanted to be able to move closer for those established patients who had been making the trek down 280 for me. With my ties to the Greystone community, and with Dr. Bares family ties, it was an easy decision.”
The Greystone team is excited to be able to serve the area and other communities further down 280. “It’s been such a pleasure to be back,” Curl said. The Greystone clinic focuses on a mix of medical and cosmetic dermatology. “We do all types of medical dermatology from run-of-the-mill acne, warts, and pediatric eczema in addition to mole and skin cancer checks,” Bares said. “On the cosmetic side, we take pride in our expertise with the injectables including botulinum toxins and dermal fillers.” Bares said she enjoys seeing a wide range of patients and loves the variety dermatology affords her.
“I might have an acne patient to start the day. And then I move into doing a skin check, making sure someone doesn’t have any skin cancer,” she said.
Bares also emphasized accessibility at Renew Dermatology. “Sometimes dermatology gets a bad rap, because it can take months and months to get an appointment,” Bares said.
“You hear people say ‘I need to see a dermatologist, but they couldn’t see me until next year.’ That’s not actually the case with us. Because we brought two new providers on last fall, myself and Taylor, our nurse practitioner, we are actually able to get even new patients in usually within a couple weeks. If there are people out there that feel like they need a dermatologist and need one sooner rather than later, we’re available.”
For Bares, the opportunity to get to know people in the community and help them in a variety of ways is what she enjoys most.
“Seeing the different patient ages, being able to follow them. And then, as well, being able to do a little bit of that creativity and artsy side with the cosmetics is one thing I think makes dermatology the perfect specialty, because it pairs all those things together.”
