Every individual has certain unique skin features, moles or freckles being the most common ones. Usually, moles appear as ...

Summer can mean a rise in visible freckles. But how do you know when a freckle is harmless versus whether it might actually ...

Moles can change in color without becoming cancerous. For example, moles on the face will often start as brown but get lighter or darker with age. Moles can also raise or flatten (though they ...

In her recent book, The Cancer Roadmap, Dr Liz O'Riordan shared a "simple" ABCD checklist to help people identify the ...

In Nigeria, skin cancer is the 6th most common type of cancer, and about 65,258 new cases of skin cancer occur annually.

Here’s how to tell the difference between freckles, sunspots and moles – and when you need to get a spot checked to see if it’s skin cancer. Freckles, known as ephelides, are small, flat, light brown ...

and getting regular skin screenings can help detect it early and get timely treatment. One of the common risk factors includes a large number of moles on the body, which is more concerning if they ...

As many Britons risk skin cancer by sunbathing this summer, scientists have developed a scanner that could save hundreds of lives. The device - known as Mole Scan - probes beneath the skin to ...

A big freckle or a sunspot? A flat mole or a dark freckle? Here’s how to tell the difference between the three – and when to get a spot checked for skin cancer. You’ve got a new brown spot ...