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How to Tell the Difference Between Skin Tags, Moles, & Warts

difference between skin tags, moles, and warts

Let’s face it: moles, skin tags, and warts are irritating. Plus, they can be confusing. Most people just don’t know the difference between them. The good news: none of them cause a risk to your health. But they’re annoying, and it makes your life more comfortable to get rid of them before they become a problem. So, if you want to know what you’re dealing with before you schedule a spot removal, here’s how to tell the difference between a mole...

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Considering Mohs Surgery on Your Face? 6 Important Facts About Facial Reconstruction After Mohs Surgery

If you’re considering Mohs surgery on your face, effectively treating your skin cancer is the main concern. However, you likely also have cosmetic concerns. While our primary goal as Mohs surgeons is to eliminate the cancer entirely, we also take reconstruction very seriously for the best aesthetic and functional results. We want to you to be cancer-free and develop a reconstructive approach that works best for you. If you’re considering Mohs surge...

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Why Mohs Surgery Is the Standard of Care for Skin Cancer Treatment

Mohs micrographic surgery is the standard of care for skin cancer removals. It was first developed to treat non-melanoma skin cancers but is now used to remove many types of skin cancer. Many surgeons are even using Mohs surgery for melanoma. It’s highly effective, tissue-sparing, and offers a quick recovery with excellent cosmetic results. If you (or someone you care about) is considering Mohs surgery, here’s what you need to know about how it wor...

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What You Need to Know About Melanoma: A Comprehensive Guide

What do you think of when you hear about melanoma?For most people, assumptions about melanoma are bleak, to say the least. As the third most common skin cancer, melanoma can be scary for the layperson because of the grim prognosis it often carries. Melanoma accounts for about 1% of all skin cancers but causes the majority of skin cancer deaths. And the rates of melanoma are rising. Depending on ethnicity, the lifetime risk of getting melanoma is as hi...

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What Is Squamous Cell Carcinoma? The Prevention and Treatment Guide

Squamous cell carcinoma is the second most common skin cancer. Think of it as the middle child of skin cancers — it’s not the same as basal cell carcinoma (the most common), and it’s not as unpredictable as melanoma (the third most common). In fact, a lot of people gloss over it altogether. But squamous cell carcinoma is nothing to ignore. In fact, the more you know about it, the better your chances of preventing and treating it. ...

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What You Need to Know to Prevent and Treat Basal Cell Carcinoma

Most people are unfamiliar with the different types of skin cancer. We may confuse basal, squamous, and melanoma thinking of them as variations of the same disease — but they’re not. In dermatology, we’re constantly asked questions like, “Will this basal cell turn into melanoma?” As far as skin cancers go, basal cell carcinoma and melanoma are polar opposites. Whether you’re dealing with a recent skin cancer diagnosis for yourself...

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How to Reverse Sun Damage (Yes, Really) on Different Parts of Your Body

Have you ever had a tan? If you answered yes, you’ve experienced sun damage. Initially, darker skin doesn’t seem like a big deal. But over time, sun damage starts to look more like a problem and less like a “great tan.” You start to notice freckles that don’t fade and more frequent redness. Your skin feels rough, and your skin tone is uneven. This isn’t what you had in mind when you initially set out to get a little color from t...

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Red, Scaly Rash? Here’s Why You Need A Dermatologist to Diagnose You

Seemingly out of nowhere you’ve developed a red, scaly rash. How many possible diagnoses could there be?

Literally hundreds.

The cause of red, scaly rashes are one of the trickiest issues to diagnose. In fact, the red scaly rashes in the photos below look fairly similar, but are dramatically different diagnoses ranging from fungal infections to skin cancer.

In our dermatology textbooks, it’s called papulosquamous disorder — and it...

Freckle or Skin Cancer? When You Should Be Worried About Your Skin Spots

Do you have brown spots on your skin?

If you’re like most people, your answer is “yes.”

You either have freckles, moles, birthmarks, or a combination of all three. We don’t think much about them. They’re just a part of the state of our skin. We assume if it was cancer, it would look like it.

But do you know what skin cancer really looks like? Could you tell the difference between a freckle or skin cancer — and are you w...

7 Things You Should Know About Free Skin Cancer Screenings

Want to know the key to beating skin cancer? Spot it early.
Over the past few years, the American Academy of Dermatology and the Skin Cancer Foundation have launched numerous campaigns such as “If you can spot it, you can stop it” and “Check Your Partner. Check Yourself.” They all center on one thing: identifying skin cancer early.
Why? Because when you find skin cancer early, it’s almos...