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Results 1 - 10 of 302 for skin
  1. Skin Conditions (National Library of Medicine)  
    What does your skin do? Your skin is your body's largest organ. It covers the entire outside of your body. There are many ways that your skin protects your ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/skinconditions.html - Health Topics
  2. Skin Infections (National Library of Medicine)  
    What are skin infections? Your skin is your body's largest organ. It has many different functions, including covering and protecting your body. It helps keep germs out. ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/skininfections.html - Health Topics
  3. Skin Aging (National Library of Medicine)  
    Your skin changes as you age. You might notice wrinkles, age spots and dryness. Your skin also becomes thinner and loses fat, making it ... heal, too. Sunlight is a major cause of skin aging. You can protect yourself by staying out ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/skinaging.html - Health Topics
  4. Rashes (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... rash is an area of irritated or swollen skin. Many rashes are itchy, red, painful, and irritated. ... also lead to blisters or patches of raw skin. Rashes are a symptom of many different medical ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/rashes.html - Health Topics
  5. Skin Pigmentation Disorders (National Library of Medicine)  
    Pigmentation means coloring. Skin pigmentation disorders affect the color of your skin. Your skin gets its color from a pigment called melanin. Special cells in the skin make melanin. When these cells become damaged or ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/skinpigmentationdisorders.html - Health Topics
  6. Skin Cancer (National Library of Medicine)  
    Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States. The two most common ... face, neck, hands, and arms. Another type of skin cancer, melanoma, is more dangerous but less common. ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/skincancer.html - Health Topics
  7. Psoriasis (National Library of Medicine)  
    Psoriasis is a skin disease that causes itchy or sore patches of thick, red skin with silvery scales. You usually get the patches ... causes psoriasis. In a process called cell turnover, skin cells that grow deep in your skin rise ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/psoriasis.html - Health Topics
  8. Vitiligo (National Library of Medicine)  
    Vitiligo causes white patches on your skin. It can also affect your eyes, mouth, and nose. It occurs when the cells that give your skin its color are destroyed. ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/vitiligo.html - Health Topics
  9. Blisters (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... filled sacs on the outer layer of your skin. They form because of rubbing, heat, or diseases of the skin. They are most common on your hands and ... pemphigus Epidermolysis bullosa, an illness that causes the skin to be fragile Viral infections such as varicella ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/blisters.html - Health Topics
  10. Hives (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... are red and sometimes itchy bumps on your skin. An allergic reaction to a drug or food ... body to release chemicals that can make your skin swell up in hives. People who have other ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/hives.html - Health Topics
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