More Skin Conditions

Skin conditions are as varied as they are similar. Learn about different issues that could affect your skin, how they are diagnosed, and how they may be treated.
Orange Carrots in a Basket
What Is Carotenemia?
A woman jumping into a lake
What Is Swimmer's Itch?
A person with a carbuncle or abscess
Boil vs. Cyst : What Are the Differences?
Close-up photo of a foot with a toenail fungus
Yellow Nails
Person receiving wood therapy facial massage
What Is Wood Therapy?
A young woman with inflamed acne
What Conditions Can Mimic Eczema?
An image of a male with tree man syndrome
What Is Tree Man Syndrome?
What Is Cholinergic Urticaria?
person itching their arm
Liver Disease and Itchiness: What You Should Know
Person filing their fingernails
Koilonychia (Spoon Nails)
A woman checking her skin and breasts
5 Breast Cancer Skin Changes to Recognize
A surgeon performing an operation in an OR.
How Rhinophyma Is Treated
Woman scratching neck
Why Do I Have a Rash on My Neck?
Mother tending to her son's wounded arm
An Overview of Epidermolysis Bullosa
facial hair
What Is Hirsutism?
Doctor talking to patient in doctor's office
Hemosiderin
Dermatitis on the back of the knee
Dermatitis Facts and Statistics: What You Need to Know
A close-up of a woman feeling under her armpit
When to Worry vs. Not Worry About Lumps Under Your Skin
Dermatologist looking at woman's skin
What is Lichen Nitidus?
close up of lips
What Are Fordyce Spots?
birth mark
What Is a Birthmark?
A woman wearing a protective sun hat
What Is Sun Poisoning?
A woman getting a laser treatment on her face
What Is Spider Angioma (Spider Nevus)?
A wart on a child's finger
Causes and Risk Factors of Warts
Dermatologist looking at skin lesion on person's hand with a dermatoscope
What Is Keratoacanthoma?
A woman with dry, chapped lips
What Is Lip Licker's Dermatitis?
Healthcare provider talks to a seated teenager in a medical clinic
What Is a Pilonidal Cyst?
bright light
What Is Polymorphic Light Eruption?
A newborn in a towel after a bath
What Is Harlequin Ichthyosis?
Older man's hand being examined by a nurse.
What Is a Lentigo?
dermatologist checks face
What to Know About a Malar Rash
Man talking to doctor
Causes and Risk Factors of Lipoma
person itching their arm
Why Does My Skin Itch? Most Common Causes
A woman's legs with varicose veins and spider veins
Spider Veins (Telangiectasia)
A Black man itching his arm.
What Does Scabies Look Like on Black Skin?
Woman scratching her arm
Skin Allergies Facts and Statistics: What You Need to Know
Arm with welts
Welts (Wheals)
Man moisturizing hands
Skin Peeling on Hands
Woman applying cream to bumps on her face.
How Mild Rosacea Is Treated
Woman talking to doctor
Causes and Risk Factors of Cysts
Close up of a woman applying chapstick to her lips.
Chapped Lips (Cheilitis)
Doctor examining the skin of a pregnant woman.
What Is Keratosis Pilaris During Pregnancy?
Parent using a cradle cap comb to brush top of baby's head.
Cradle Cap vs. Eczema: What Are the Differences?
Salmon and a healthy salad
What to Eat When You Have Keratosis Pilaris
Person at home scratching rash on wrist
Rash on Wrist
Young Black woman touching her lips.
Hyperpigmentation Around the Mouth: Everything to Know
A woman's belly button
Steps to Take if Your Belly Button Is Leaking Fluid
Senior woman speaking with her healthcare provider.
What Is Dark Neck and How Do You Treat It?
Woman scratching her arm
Itch (Pruritus)
Woman at dermatologist's office getting laser treatment.
What to Know Before Getting Melasma Laser Treatment
Woman applying lotion to her face
5 Ways to Get Rid of Hyperpigmentation
A woman with itchy shins sitting down.
Why Are My Shins Itchy?
Woman with itchy ankles.
Why Do My Ankles Itch & How Can I Treat Them?
Woman scratching her stomach outdoors.
Itchy Stomach: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment
melasma mustache
How to Identify & Treat a Melasma Mustache
Senior man rubbing sweat off of his forehead.
Hyperhidrosis
Person scratching itchy neck
Itchy Neck
Man blowing nose
Why Do I Have a Dark Line Across My Nose?
Woman applying lotion to dry skin
Dry Skin
Person sitting on couch, scratching itch on arm
What Is Pruritus?