Early detection

Early Detection Saves Lives

The Importance of Regular Skin Checks By McLean & Potomac Dermatology | Skin Health 2024 In the hustle and bustle of everyday life,

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Photo of skin cancer spots on a patient's legs

Should all skin cancer patients be taking nicotinamide?

In 2014, I began taking care of a patient (see photo) who had developed over 25 basal cell carcinomas on her lower legs,

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Tanning Salons are Found to Give False Information

Tanning Salons are Found to Give False Information

California’s landmark 2011 legislation that bans minors from using indoor tanning salons appears to be working to restrict access,

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Melanoma Monday: May is Melanoma Awareness Month

Melanoma Monday: May is Melanoma Awareness Month

Drivers are failing to use their sunscreen. Utilizing sun protection measures while driving is just as important as wearing your sunscreen at the beach.

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Baby Contracts Melanoma While Still in the Womb

Baby Contracts Melanoma While Still in the Womb

Read this article from ABC News about the risks of Melanoma. http://abcnews.go.com/Health/arizona-baby-melanoma-mothers-womb-alive/story?id=18922718

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Spring = Skin Check Season

Spring = Skin Check Season

Before the summer sun cooks your skin and you start to look like your leather handbag,

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Rethink the Ink

Rethink the Ink

Within the past ten years the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) constructed a survey of five hundred individuals between the ages of 18-50,

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Why Protecting your Eyes is Important in the Winter

Why Protecting your Eyes is Important in the Winter

When most patients hear the word sunburn they automatically think of red shoulders or burnt noses.  

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Nail Knowledge Part I

Nail Knowledge Part I

For those you who hate repainting your nails every week after the polish chips off, nail shellacs are the answer.

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May Is Skin Cancer Awareness Month!

May Is Skin Cancer Awareness Month!

Monday, March 7 was Melanoma Monday! So, you have some moles that have been there for years and you see them everyday so you don’t think twice about them.

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