Signs and symptoms in children A child with hand-foot-and-mouth disease can often develop reddish spots on the soles of feet and palms of hands, which quickly turn into bumps or blisters.

Dip powder nails are also long lasting. When you get a dip powder manicure, you can have chip-free nails for up to four weeks.

While anyone can develop light spots on their skin, these spots tend to be more noticeable if you have brown or black skin. Areas of lighter (or darker) skin develop for many reasons. Here’s why you ...

Treating deep, painful pimples: Dermatologist tips Board-certified dermatologists recommend these tips to care for a deep, painful pimple at home.

Bullous pemphigoid is a chronic disease, which means it lasts longer than six weeks. For many people, this disease lasts for months or years. As older blisters open and crust over, new blisters can ...

My hair turned gray — can I stop it? Premature hair graying is difficult to treat. Right now, there are no effective medical treatments to add color back to your hair. However, if you have an ...

Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma What is cutaneous T-cell lymphoma? Cutaneous T-cell lymphomas are a diverse and complex group of rare cancers. Some types grow slowly and stay in the skin. Less frequently, ...

Penicillin can cure syphilis. Here’s what to expect during treatment and what happens if you're allergic to penicillin.

Lasers may work when moisturizer and medicine fail: A laser or light treatment may be used to treat keratosis pilaris. Your dermatologist may recommend one type of laser to reduce the swelling and ...

Follow your treatment plan. If you have excessively dry skin, your skin needs the right balance of active ingredients to heal. Your dermatologist will prescribe (or recommend) a moisturizer that ...

Learning that you have melanoma, the most serious type of skin cancer, can make it difficult to hear anything else your doctor says. After leaving the office, you may wonder what happens next. While ...

The American Academy of Dermatology gratefully acknowledges the support from Regeneron. If you find a spot on your skin that you think could be a skin cancer, an accurate diagnosis and treatment are ...