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Nose Bandaging is Not my Speciality

“This is a really bad bandage,” I said to my face in the mirror. My boyfriend had been making bandages for me out of the Curad non-adherent pads that we...

By Ronni Gordon

11 minutes ago

Person with skin cancer looking at their open wound surrounded by products to help take care of it

An Open Wound Care Primer

“I’m going to excise your skin in the shape of a diamond, like the one I am outlining on your skin.” My Dermatologist in 1988 With that, Doctor “C” proceeded...

By Scott Matheny

3 days ago

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Receiving a cancer diagnosis can change life as you know it. While some treatments and side effects have become common knowledge, it is difficult to understand the true impact of...

By Editorial Team

5 days ago

Nose Bandaging is Not my Speciality

“This is a really bad bandage,” I said to my face in the mirror. My boyfriend had been making bandages for me out of the Curad non-adherent pads that we...

By Ronni Gordon

11 minutes ago

An Open Wound Care Primer

“I’m going to excise your skin in the shape of a diamond, like the one I am outlining on your skin.” My Dermatologist in 1988 With that, Doctor “C” proceeded...

By Scott Matheny

3 days ago

Take the Beyond the Cancer Diagnosis Survey

Receiving a cancer diagnosis can change life as you know it. While some treatments and side effects have become common knowledge, it is difficult to understand the true impact of...

By Editorial Team

5 days ago

Nose Bandaging is Not my Speciality

“This is a really bad bandage,” I said to my face in the mirror. My boyfriend had been making bandages for me out of the Curad non-adherent pads that we...

By Ronni Gordon

11 minutes ago

An Open Wound Care Primer

“I’m going to excise your skin in the shape of a diamond, like the one I am outlining on your skin.” My Dermatologist in 1988 With that, Doctor “C” proceeded...

By Scott Matheny

3 days ago

Take the Beyond the Cancer Diagnosis Survey

Receiving a cancer diagnosis can change life as you know it. While some treatments and side effects have become common knowledge, it is difficult to understand the true impact of...

By Editorial Team

5 days ago

Family History When You’re Adopted

Whether you're at a new doctor’s office or filling out paperwork for any kind of medical inquiry, including skin cancer, it’s a little harder for some of us. You can’t...

By Kim Hill

about 23 hours ago

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Post-Superficial Radiation Therapy

“Congratulations! It's your final superficial radiation treatment!”...now what? Care for your skin, it’s delicate! After radiation therapy, the effects of the radiation do not immediately disappear from your skin, and,...

By Rach the RTT

6 days ago

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