The free skin cancer screening program is the AAD's longest-standing public health program. Since its inception in 1985, dermatologists have conducted more than 2.8 million free screenings and ...

Molluscum contagiosum is generally a harmless skin infection. You’ll often see small, firm bumps on the skin. Mollusca (the bumps) rarely appear on the palms or the soles, but you can get them in the ...

Some children outgrow their eczema. Others continue to have eczema flares and remissions for life. Eczema can be treated. Mild eczema can often be treated with corticosteroids that you apply to the ...

Summer means spending more time outdoors. However, the increased exposure to things like sunlight, insects, and poisonous plants can cause some itchy and painful rashes. Fortunately, there a few ...

You can have one type of psoriasis for years and later develop a second type of psoriasis. Psoriasis is a disease that can show up in various ways. Some types of psoriasis develop on the skin. One ...

Corns and calluses are hard, thickened areas of skin that form as a result of friction or pressure on the skin. Corns and calluses develop naturally to help protect the skin underneath them. To treat ...

Find out why dark spots appear and what can fade them. If you have what feels like razor bumps or acne on the back of your neck or scalp, you may have acne keloidalis nuchae. Find out what can help.

Hand rashes can be frustrating, especially when the cause of your rash is unknown. To help prevent a hand rash, dermatologists offer these tips. Is the skin on your hands dry, thick, and scaly? Do you ...

Many patients see actinic keratoses (AKs) and the earliest form of basal cell cancer clear. This medicine also destroys genital warts. Some patients, however, continue to get new AKs, skin cancers, or ...

Melanoma is a type of skin cancer that can spread quickly. When melanoma starts to spread, it often travels to a lymph node near the melanoma first. Having a sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) can tell ...

Hair breakage can leave a person with frizzy, unhealthy looking hair. In our quest for beautiful hair, we often do things that damage our hair. Damaged hair is fragile, so it tends to break. Hair ...

Bites on your body: If you have bedbugs, you’re likely to have bites. Bedbug bites usually cause itchy welts. These welts usually appear in a zigzag pattern as show in the photo below. When bedbugs ...