Maya Angelou has long been credited with saying, “Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.” Nobody thinks she was referring to skin care, of course—but when it ...

President Bush looked yesterday like he might have nicked himself shaving, but the White House announced that doctors had removed four small, noncancerous lesions from his cheeks, forehead and temple ...

Symmetrical—lesions appear to be distributed in a similar arrangement on differing sides of the body (Figure 3, see slideshow) Once the configuration and distribution has been determined, the next ...

The best way to detect skin cancer is to know what skin cancer looks like, do monthly self-exams and have regular exams by your health care provider to check for abnormalities that could be cancerous ...

Skin cancer is a type of cancer that begins in the skin cells, and its appearance can vary widely depending on the type of cancer. Understanding the variations in what skin cancer looks like can help ...

Whether it’s from impatiently popping a pimple (of which I am very guilty) or from scars left behind after a breakout, I’ve come to accept that dark spots are an inevitable part of my life. As someone ...

New research reveals how calcipotriol-plus–5-FU therapy activates immune pathways to prevent squamous cell carcinoma with long-lasting protection. Study: T helper 2 cell–directed immunotherapy ...

In my response to a related question, How Do I Differentiate Normal Aging of the Skin From Pathologic Conditions? I described some of the most common benign lesions that are encountered in geriatric ...