A photo of Karolina Jasko's thumb after doctors removed the nail matrix and used a skin graft to cover the area, alongside a photo of the former Miss Illinois. (Photo credit: Karolina Jasko) When ...
Karolina Jasko has a family history of melanoma, so she's no stranger to paying attention to her skin. Her mother — who battled the deadliest form of skin cancer twice and recovered — has always been ...
The British tabloids are running wild with the story of a 20-year-old woman who had her thumb amputated because of a rare form of cancer. The cause, we are told, was her incessant nail-biting. Believe ...
This summer, Charmaine Sherlock noticed a thin black line under her nail of her left thumb — what looked like a splinter growing from her cuticle. She thought perhaps she was having an autoimmune ...
Subungual melanoma is a rare subtype of melanoma that usually originates and spreads from the nail matrix. Because of its poor prognosis and short matrix-to-bone distance, amputation has been ...
When Karolina Jasko's thumbnail became infected, she thought it might be related to dirty tools at her nail salon. She went to the doctor to get it checked out, and that infection ended up potentially ...
When Karolina Jasko's thumbnail became infected, she thought it might be related to dirty tools at her nail salon. She went to the doctor to get it checked out, and that infection ended up potentially ...