As you’re getting to know yourself in your 20s, dermatologists say you should also get to know your skin — and all your moles ...

Like any serious burn, freeze-branding also increases the risk of dehydration. That’s because burns damage the skin’s protective barrier, and your body loses fluid while trying to heal from the trauma ...

Women are more prone to the condition than men, and Black and Latinx people tend to have more persistent and severe symptoms ...

Researchers at the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University in China have uncovered a sharply rising burden ...

But because of that, my sun exposure throughout my life has been horrible. I started with tanning beds when I was a child ...

A decline in skin quality, its ability to heal, and its normal aging process is often observed in individuals with chronic hyperglycemia. A team of researchers from Inserm, the University ...

Smoking is one of the worst things you can do for your health, says Reszko. “And this is no exception when it comes to your skin.” She explains that nicotine and toxins from smoke damage ...

Is the impact of UV rays on our skin at 50 the same as it was at 25? Or does growing older make our skin more susceptible to sun damage? To better understand how our skin’s relationship with the sun ...

Similarly, skin damage, inflammatory conditions, and other factors can affect skin health, which may alter its appearance. This article explores the various causes of discolored skin patches and ...

1Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California. 2Department of Radiation Oncology, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte ...

Cedric Skyers was using a type of skin cream that can be flammable, and while wheelchair-bound following a stroke, he was left smoking unsupervised at his care home. The 69-year-old grandfather ...

The benefits of these foods for a healthy skin diet are plentiful. "Free radicals -- like the kind formed from sun exposure -- damage the membrane of skin cells, potentially allowing damage to the ...