Drew wrote: Does picking your scabs cause skin cancer? Dear Drew, To the best of my knowlege there is no correlaton between picking scabs and skin cancer. I do know that picking scabs can cause scarring. One concern is how often and why you pick at the scabs. It has been documented that chronic scab [...]

Hello, I received a naval piercing about 5 days ago and it seemed ok no pain, swelling, and just a little itching no other setbacks until I woke up yesterday and there were tiny bumps around the piercing and in my naval. Is my piercing infected? Dear Jenny, If there are many tiny bumps it [...]

Melissa wrote: i have had to take out my beely button ring because i have developed a bump under it. I have an inny and now it looks like an outy. You can still see the iny part, but you have to kinda open it. it feels like there is a ball or something there. [...]

Jeff wrote: I went to the beach and got bad sunburn. Any tips for taking care of the burn to avoid skin cancer? Dear Jeff, The best way to avoid sunburn and skin cancer is to prevent it by applying SPF 15 lotion or better and wearing light clothing and even a hat. Stay out [...]