“Was there really a time when kids could die from strep throat?” This was a question my 12-year-old posed while we were at the International Museum of Surgical Sciences viewing an exhibit on the discovery of antibiotics. She seemed astonished to learn that there was a time when antibiotics did not exist. Even as a physician, I too had to take a moment to appreciate the impact antibiotics has had on medicine and humanity. I then thought to myself, 25 years from now, will my daughter’s children be asking her if there was a time when people died from cancer?My grandmother, who was born in 1897, never could have imagined radio, telephones, automobiles, airplanes, and answering machines. I always thought if someone were to tell her that one day she could pick up a hand piece, speak into it, and have a real-time conversation with another person halfway around the world, she would have never understood. Nor would she accept the possibility of getting into a 500-ton metal object and fly through the air over an ocean, and in less than 12 hours, be visiting family members. In my mother’s lifetime, she witnessed the development of air conditioning, television, and remote controls. I have already seen the invention and advancement of cell phones, computers, and the internet. And with technology doubling every 18 months, what will the future hold for us, our children, and our profession?Recently, I had the opportunity to consider that very notion. I was invited to participate in a think tank sponsored by a division of Nestlé, who is committing to establishing the future of educating both doctors and consumers on dermatologic and aesthetic skin health.