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Protecting Your Skin From the Sun
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Accidental Needle Sticks
Acid Burns
Acne: Treatment With Alpha Hydroxy Acids
Acne: Treatment With Antibiotics
Acne: Treatment With Benzoyl Peroxide
Acne: Treatment with Isotretinoin
Acne: Treatment With Salicylic Acid
Age-Related Foot Changes
Alcohol Increases the Risk of Cold Injury
Alkali Burns
Allergic Reaction to Tattoo Dye
Animal and Human Bites: When Stitches Are Needed
Artificial Nails: Problems and Treatment
Babies and Older Adults Have an Increased Risk of Cold Injury
Bedbugs
Bleach Baths for Eczema
Blister Care
Body Piercing Healing Times
Body Piercing: Safe Jewelry Choices
Botulinum Toxin (Botox)
Breastfeeding: Sore Nipples
Breathing Smoke or Fumes
Calluses and Corns: Protective Padding
Calluses and Corns: Using Pumice Stones
Cancer: Home Treatment for Mouth Sores
Capsaicin
Care for a Skin Wound
Care of an Insect Sting
Caregiving: Fingernail Care
Caregiving: Foot and Toenail Care
Caregiving: How to Give a Bed Bath
Caregiving: How to Help With a Shower
Caregiving: How to Help With a Sink Bath
Caregiving: How to Turn Someone in Bed
Caregiving: Preventing Rashes in the Groin Area
Caregiving: Shaving an Adult
Caregiving: Skin Care for Immobile Adults
Caregiving: Washing and Styling Hair
Caring for a Baby's Nails
Caring for Your Skin When You Have Diabetes
Causes of Hair Loss: Medicines and Medical Treatments
Central Vascular Access Device (CVAD): Changing the Dressing
Changes in Your Nails
Chemical Peel
Chickenpox: Controlling the Itch
Chickenpox: Preventing Skin Infections
Chilblains (Perniosis)
Chili Pepper Burns
Cold Hands: Home Treatment
Color Changes in Nails
Common Questions About Giving Yourself Shots
Common Stinging or Biting Insects or Spiders
Common Types of Birthmarks
Copperhead
Coral Snake
Cottonmouth (Water Moccasin)
Crohn's Disease: Problems Outside the Digestive Tract
Cryotherapy for Genital Warts
Cryotherapy for Skin Lesions
Cryotherapy for Warts
Curettage and Electrosurgery for Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer
Cut That Removes All Layers of Skin
Cuts: When Stitches Are Needed
Dermabrasion
Determining the Seriousness of a Burn
Diabetes: Checking Your Feet
Diabetes: Protecting Your Feet
Diabetes: Steps for Foot-Washing
Electrical Shock or Burn
Electrocautery for Genital Warts
Electrolysis for Removing Hair
Estimating the Size of a Burn
Excision of Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer
Eye Injury: First Aid for a Black Eye
Eye Injury: First Aid for Minor Cuts
Eyelid Problems
Face-Lift (Rhytidectomy)
Factors (Triggers) That May Cause a Flare-Up of Rosacea
Filler Injections
Fire Ant Stings
First Aid for Chemical Burns
First Aid for Electrical Burns
First Aid for Tar or Plastic Burns
Foot Odor
Hair Loss From Cancer Treatment
Hair Transplant Surgery
Hand and Foot Dermatitis
Heavy Sweating
Henna Tattoos (Mehndi)
High-Pressure Injection Wounds
Home Remedies for Bites and Stings
Home Treatment for Second-Degree Burns
How a Scrape Heals
Hydrocortisone for Itching
Incision Care After Surgery
Indoor Tanning: Is It Safe?
Insect Repellents
Itching Relief
Jellyfish Sting: Home Treatment
Jellyfish Stings: Allergic Reaction
Laser Resurfacing
Laser Surgery for Genital Warts
Laser Surgery for Warts
Laser Treatment for Skin Lesions
Laser Treatment for Varicose Veins
Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedure (LEEP) for Genital Warts
Lymph Node Removal (Lymphadenectomy) for Melanoma
Medicines and Sun Exposure
Medicines That Can Cause Blisters
Medicines That Can Cause Bruises
Medicines That May Cause a Rash
Medicines That May Cause Rashes in Children
Melanoma Excision Surgery
Metastatic Melanoma
Misdiagnosis of Lyme Disease
Mohs Surgery for Skin Cancer
Mucous Cyst Ganglions
Nail-Biting
Needle Punctures for Health Reasons
Newborn Rashes and Skin Conditions
Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer: Comparing Treatments
Nonpoisonous Spider Bites
Nonsurgical Nail Removal for Fungal Nail Infections
Other Home Treatment Measures for a First-Degree Burn or Sunburn
Phlebectomy
Phototherapy for Eczema
Phototherapy for Psoriasis
Poison Ivy, Oak, or Sumac: Rash From Indirect Contact
Poison Ivy, Oak, or Sumac: Relieving the Itch
Poison Ivy, Oak, or Sumac: Tips for Washing
Poisonous Lizards
Pregnancy: Changes in Feet and Ankles
Pregnancy: Hair Changes
Pregnancy: Hand Changes
Pregnancy: Stretch Marks, Itching, and Skin Changes
Pregnancy: Varicose Veins
Pressure Injuries: Prevention and Treatment
Preventing Blisters
Preventing Flea Bites
Preventing Spider Bites
Protecting Your Skin From the Sun
Puncture Wounds: Stitches, Staples, and Skin Adhesives
Puss Caterpillar Stings
Questions About Varicose Vein Treatment
Quick Tips: Keeping Acne Under Control
Radiation Therapy for Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer
Radiofrequency Ablation for Varicose Veins
Rashes or Sores in the Groin
Rattlesnake Bite
Removing a Fishhook
Removing an Object From a Wound
Removing Moles and Skin Tags
Removing Splinters
Sclerotherapy
Seborrheic Keratoses
Skin Adhesives (Liquid Stitches)
Skin Cancer Screening
Skin Cancer, Nonmelanoma
Skin Changes Caused by a Medicine
Skin Cyst: Home Treatment
Skin Rashes: Home Treatment
Snakebite: Symptoms of a Pit Viper Bite
Stages of Lyme Disease
Stopping Facial Bleeding
Sun Protection to Prevent Sunburn
Sunburn: Skin Types
Surgical Nail Removal for Fungal Nail Infections
Surgical Removal of Genital Warts by Excision
Symptoms of Lyme Disease
Taking Care of Your Stitches or Staples
Tattoo and Piercing Safety
Tattoo Removal
Tattoos: Reporting Problems
Tick Bites: Flu-Like Symptoms
Tick Bites: Signs of Tick Paralysis
Ticks: How to Avoid and Remove Ticks
Torn or Detached Nail
Toxic Reaction to Insect or Spider Venom
Treating a Hangnail
Treating a Nail Infection
Treating Weak or Brittle Nails
Tretinoin (Retin-A)
Types of Acne
Types of Hair Loss
Ultraviolet Rays From the Sun
Using Tape to Remove Warts
Vaginal Rashes and Sores
Varicose Veins Home Treatment
Vein Ligation and Stripping
Venous Skin Ulcers: Home Treatment
Warts: Using Salicylic Acid
Acne: Should I Take Isotretinoin for Severe Acne?
Basal Cell Skin Cancer: Should I Have Surgery?
Circumcision: Should I Keep My Son's Penis Natural?
Shingles: Should I Get a Vaccine to Prevent Shingles?
Varicose Veins: Should I Have a Surgical Procedure?
Warts: Should I Treat Warts?
Diabetes: Taking Care of Your Feet
Eczema: Taking Care of Your Skin
Psoriasis: Skin, Scalp, and Nail Care
Skin Cancer: Preventing It and Watching for Early Signs
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