A pharmacist has issued a stark warning that an unusual shape beneath your toenails might be an indicator of a fatal ...

Melanoma on the extremities — nails, hands and feet — is the rarest ... But if a vertical stripe suddenly appears on a nail or it’s changing, that’s something a doctor should check out.

“She had a straight dark vertical stripe down her nail ... that the dark line was likely a symptom of melanoma. Subungual melanoma (aka nail melanoma) is, as its nickname suggests, a skin ...

"People will sometimes develop an early melanoma and think it's an injury ... While most discolored nails or nail stripes are not cancer, it is something that you should have checked out by ...

A few weeks later, she called Skinner back to tell her that the vertical black stripe on her nail had been diagnosed as an aggressive melanoma, which had spread to her lymph nodes. One reason it ...

When a person has black or dark stripes running down their nails, the explanations can range from a natural occurrence to severe, such as melanoma. A person should not ignore changes to their ...

Melanoma on the extremities — nails, hands and feet — is the rarest ... But if a vertical stripe suddenly appears on a nail or it’s changing, that’s something a doctor should check out.

However, dark stripes shouldn't be ignored because “it can sometimes be a form of skin cancer that affects the nail bed, called subungual melanoma”. They continue: “Subungual melanoma ...

TikTok video leads to early diagnosis of subungual melanoma for Ohio mother, highlighting the importance of recognizing nail ...

Treatment for subungual melanoma typically involves removing ... and treatment if someone has: a dark stripe running the length of the toenail appears or changes nail pain swelling or signs ...

A pharmacist has shared eight surprising symptoms relating to poor toenail health - have you got any of these symptoms?

Subungual melanoma is a serious type of skin cancer that occurs in the skin under your nails. Subungual melanomas are rare, seen in only 0.07% to 3.5% of the people in the world who have melanoma.