New spots and lesions appearing on your skin, especially after sun exposure, can be alarming. While often harmless age spots, these pigmented areas could also signal melanoma, a form of skin cancer.

I have been writing this column on a weekly basis since 1976, and I am frequently asked how I keep coming up with new ideas to write about. Two avenues serve me well. First, I get a lot of emails from ...

Skin cancer can often look similar to a mole, but there are some key differences to look out for. A person can use the ABCDE rule to help distinguish between a mole ...

When Christy Staats visited a dermatologist for a red spot under her right eye, she expected a lecture about wearing sunscreen — but not a diagnosis. Alexander Witkowski, a dermatologist at Oregon ...

A small number of conditions can cause a whitish appearance on moles. This includes melanoma, a type of skin cancer, which can sometimes create white patches on a person’s mole. Another possible cause ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you're like us, any time you notice a change in your skin you can get a little anxious—especially when it comes in the form of ...

Those moles, skin tags, and liver spots should stay on your skin until you see a doctor, according to a new alert from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The alert warns against the use of ...

Chris Meffen was zipping through the Texas countryside on the North Pole Flyer, a Christmas-themed train ride, with his family last November when another passenger approached him out of the blue. The ...