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VOL. 21 NO. 22
MAY 27 - JUNE 2, 2021
New name for a well-known itch: ‘maskne’ By LAURA LANE llane@liherald.com
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THIS DOCTOR, LIKE everyone in the medical profession, has worn a mask constantly during the pandemic. It is not uncommon for these professionals to develop mask-related “acne.”
Nancy Widman said that when she first noticed the rash on her neck, she didn’t think anything of it. But it got worse, spreading down her throat onto her chest. Widman’s doctor attributed her condition to the cloth masks she had been wearing to avoid getting Covid-19. She recommended that she switch to paper masks, and gave her a prescription for medication. “She told me it was definitely from moisture from my mask, and gave me cortisone
cream and prednisone,” said Widman, who lives in Salisbury. Dr. Paul Mustacchia, an internist and the chair of the Department of Medicine at Nassau University Medical Center, said he was familiar with mask-related acne, which was renamed “maskne” during the pandemic. “When I first heard the new name, I did a double-take,” he said. “The name has no scientific relevance.” Maskne occurs when people wear tight-fitting masks for long periods of time. A mask CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
East Meadow’s Sean Hogan is named baseball MVP By JENNIFER CORR jcorr@liherald.com
Sean Hogan, a Molloy College graduate student, once played for the East Meadow Baseball Softball Association, beginning on a T-ball team and playing all the way through Senior League. Clearly, he was only getting started. On May 13 Hogan was named Player of the Year by the East Coast Conference, the NCAA Division II conference in which Molloy competes. “When you’re a kid, obviously you look forward to achievements like this,” Hogan, 22, said. “It definitely felt good that all the hard
work paid off.” According to the East Meadow Baseball Softball Association, Hogan, a catcher, was the top hitter in the ECC during the regular season, with a .402 batting average. He also topped the league with 41 hits, and had eight doubles, three triples, 30 runs batted in, 55 total bases, a .480 on-base percentage and a .539 slugging percentage. “He also hit a milestone this year of 200 [collegiate] hits,” Hogan’s father, John Hogan, said. “That’s a pretty big milestone for any college baseball player. All year long he has been really gaining traction, and he was also picked as pre-season
player of the year, so for him to go out and win it at the end of the season was just terrific.” Hogan is also known for putting pressure on opposing defenses by being the toughest player to strike out in all of Division II baseball. He has gone down on strikes just three times in 102 at-bats, or once every 34 at-bats. “Sean is a great kid,” EMBSA Manager Steve LaSala said. “His dad coached down at the complex. His sister was a tremendous softball player. It was a very athletic family.” Hogan often “played up,” LaSala explained, meaning that he would play with children a
year older than him because of his skill level. “From a little kid, he was very talented.” Playing baseball at Molloy has been “nothing short of amazing,” Hogan said. “I’ve met some friends that I’ll keep for the rest of my life. I’ve had unbelievable coaches through the year. I have not a single bad thing to say about Molloy. My
time there has been amazing.” One of his greatest tools, he said, has been the discipline and skills he learned as a young player in the EMBSA. Hogan said he was blessed with “unbelievable” coaches, including his father, a longtime East Meadow resident. In fact, John said, he and his CONTINUED ON PAGE 9