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Almost everyone knows someone who has dealt with acne or had a case of dandruff. Even though you might think these problems just affect your appearance, they can make you feel miserable. It's important to pay attention to the health of your skin, hair, and nails so you can prevent problems like an ingrown nail, a rash, or a life-threatening problem like melanoma (skin cancer). Our topics are here to help you deal with skin, hair, and nail problems, and they can give you tips for preventing these problems.
Get more information in our skin, hair, and nail topics, such as:
- Accidental Needle Sticks
- Acne
- Acne: Treatment With Alpha Hydroxy Acids
- Acne: Treatment With Antibiotics
- Acne: Treatment With Benzoyl Peroxide
- Acne: Treatment with Isotretinoin
- Acne: Treatment With Salicylic Acid
- Actinic Keratosis
- Alopecia Areata
- Anal Fissure
- Animal and Human Bites
- Anthrax
- Artificial Nails: Problems and Treatment
- Athlete's Foot
- Babies and Older Adults Have an Increased Risk of Cold Injury
- Bartholin Gland Cyst
- Basal Cell Skin Cancer
- Bedbugs
- Birthmarks
- Black Widow Spider Bite
- Bleach Baths for Eczema
- Blepharitis
- Blister Care
- Blisters
- Body Lice
- Body Piercing Healing Times
- Body Piercing Problems
- Body Piercing: Safe Jewelry Choices
- Boils
- Botulinum Toxin (Botox)
- Breastfeeding: Sore Nipples
- Brown Recluse Spider Bite
- Bruises and Blood Spots Under the Skin
- Burns and Electric Shock
- Calluses and Corns
- Calluses and Corns: Protective Padding
- Calluses and Corns: Using Pumice Stones
- Cancer: Home Treatment for Mouth Sores
- Capsaicin
- Care for a Skin Wound
- 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
- Cellulitis
- Central Vascular Access Device (CVAD): Changing the Dressing
- Chemical Peel
- Chickenpox (Varicella)
- Chickenpox: Controlling the Itch
- Chickenpox: Preventing Skin Infections
- Chilblains (Perniosis)
- Chili Pepper Burns
- Circumcision
- Cold Exposure: What Increases Your Risk of Injury?
- Cold Hands: Home Treatment
- Cold Sores
- Cold Temperature Exposure
- Common Questions About Giving Yourself Shots
- Copperhead
- Coral Snake
- Cosmetic Surgery and Procedures
- Cradle Cap
- 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
- Cuts: When Stitches Are Needed
- Dandruff
- Dermabrasion
- Diabetes: Checking Your Feet
- Diabetes: Protecting Your Feet
- Diabetes: Steps for Foot-Washing
- Diaper Rash
- Dry Skin and Itching
- Eczema (Atopic Dermatitis)
- Electrocautery for Genital Warts
- Electrolysis for Removing Hair
- Environmental Illness
- Excision of Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer
- Eye Injury: First Aid for a Black Eye
- Eye Injury: First Aid for Minor Cuts
- Face-Lift (Rhytidectomy)
- Facial Injuries
- Facial Problems, Noninjury
- Factors (Triggers) That May Cause a Flare-Up of Rosacea
- Fifth Disease
- Filler Injections
- First Aid for Chemical Burns
- Fishhook Injuries
- Folliculitis
- Foot Odor
- Fungal Nail Infections
- Ganglions
- Groin Problems and Injuries
- Hair Loss
- Hair Loss From Cancer Treatment
- Hair Transplant Surgery
- Hand and Foot Dermatitis
- Hand-Foot-and-Mouth Disease
- Head Lice
- Heat Rash
- Heavy Sweating
- Henna Tattoos (Mehndi)
- Hidradenitis Suppurativa
- High-Pressure Injection Wounds
- Home Remedies for Bites and Stings
- Home Treatment for Second-Degree Burns
- Hydrocortisone for Itching
- Impetigo
- Incision Care After Surgery
- Indoor Tanning: Is It Safe?
- Ingrown Toenail
- Insect Bites and Stings and Spider Bites
- Insect Repellents
- Itching Relief
- Jellyfish Sting: Home Treatment
- Jellyfish Stings: Allergic Reaction
- Jock Itch
- Keloids
- Kissing Bugs
- Laser Resurfacing
- Laser Surgery for Genital Warts
- Laser Surgery for Warts
- Laser Treatment for Skin Lesions
- Laser Treatment for Varicose Veins
- Leg Injuries
- Lipoma
- Live Zoster (Shingles) Vaccine: What You Need to Know
- Living With More Than One Health Problem
- Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedure (LEEP) for Genital Warts
- Lyme Disease
- Lymph Node Removal (Lymphadenectomy) for Melanoma
- Marine Stings and Scrapes
- Measles (Rubeola)
- Medicines That Can Cause Blisters
- Melanoma Excision Surgery
- Metastatic Melanoma
- Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA)
- Mohs Surgery for Skin Cancer
- Molluscum Contagiosum
- Mpox
- Mucous Cyst Ganglions
- Nail Problems and Injuries
- Nail Psoriasis
- Nail-Biting
- Necrotizing Fasciitis (Flesh-Eating Bacteria)
- Needle Punctures for Health Reasons
- Newborn Rashes and Skin Conditions
- Nonsurgical Nail Removal for Fungal Nail Infections
- Phlebectomy
- Phototherapy for Eczema
- Phototherapy for Psoriasis
- Pilonidal Disease
- Pinworms
- Pityriasis Alba
- Pityriasis Rosea
- Poison Ivy, Oak, or Sumac
- Poison Ivy, Oak, or Sumac: Tips for Washing
- Pregnancy: Hair Changes
- Pregnancy: Stretch Marks, Itching, and Skin Changes
- Pregnancy: Varicose Veins
- Pressure Injuries
- Preventing Blisters
- Preventing Flea Bites
- Preventing Spider Bites
- Protecting Your Skin From the Sun
- Psoriasis
- Psoriatic Arthritis
- Pubic Lice
- Puncture Wounds
- Puncture Wounds: Stitches, Staples, and Skin Adhesives
- Puss Caterpillar Stings
- Questions About Varicose Vein Treatment
- Quick Tips: Keeping Acne Under Control
- Radiofrequency Ablation for Varicose Veins
- Rash, Age 11 and Younger
- Rash, Age 12 and Older
- Rattlesnake Bite
- Raynaud's Phenomenon
- Razor Bumps
- Recombinant Zoster (Shingles) Vaccine: What You Need to Know
- Removing a Fishhook
- Removing Moles and Skin Tags
- Removing Splinters
- Ringworm of the Scalp
- Ringworm of the Skin
- Rosacea
- Roseola
- Scabies
- Scalp Problems
- Scarlet Fever
- Sclerotherapy
- Scorpion Stings
- Scrapes
- Seabather's Eruption
- Seborrheic Dermatitis
- Seborrheic Keratoses
- Shingles
- Sjögren's Syndrome
- Skin Adhesives (Liquid Stitches)
- Skin Cancer Screening
- Skin Cancer, Melanoma
- Skin Cancer, Nonmelanoma
- Skin Changes
- Skin Cyst: Home Treatment
- Skin Rashes: Home Treatment
- Smallpox
- Snake and Lizard Bites
- Snakebite: Symptoms of a Pit Viper Bite
- Squamous Cell Skin Cancer
- Stages of Lyme Disease
- Stopping Facial Bleeding
- Sun Protection to Prevent Sunburn
- Sunburn
- Surgical Nail Removal for Fungal Nail Infections
- Surgical Removal of Genital Warts by Excision
- Swimmer's Itch
- Swollen Glands, Hernias, and Other Lumps Under the Skin
- Taking Care of Your Stitches or Staples
- Tattoo and Piercing Safety
- Tattoo Problems
- Tattoo Removal
- Tattoos: Reporting Problems
- Thrush
- Tick Bites
- Ticks: How to Avoid and Remove Ticks
- Tinea Versicolor
- Torn or Detached Nail
- Toxic Shock Syndrome
- Tretinoin (Retin-A)
- Ultraviolet Rays From the Sun
- Unwanted Hair in Women
- Using Tape to Remove Warts
- Varicose Veins
- Vein Ligation and Stripping
- Venous Skin Ulcer
- Venous Skin Ulcers: Home Treatment
- Warts and Plantar Warts
- Warts: Using Salicylic Acid
- Yeast Skin Infection
Current as of: November 16, 2023
Author: Ignite Healthwise, LLC Staff
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