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How Early to Start Protecting Skin From the Sun?

Nicole October 19, 2017 No Comments

I just read an interesting article regarding how early should you think about protecting your skin from the sun. Now, I have some issues with the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force for their lack of recommending annual skin exams; but this time, they are recommending physicians talk to parents of young, fair-skinned children even earlier than previously recommended. Want to know… Read more »

Fingernail Check

Nicole September 1, 2017 No Comments

In one of my first posts, I talked about the different types of melanoma and where you can end up with a lesion (i.e. pretty much everywhere on the human body). A recent story put the spotlight on a little-known way melanoma can manifest – on a fingernail. In the story, a manicurist had a client that came in looking… Read more »