While Medicare doesn’t cover routine annual skin exams, it does cover visits to a doctor or dermatologist to investigate new or unusual skin symptoms. If a dermatologist suspects a growth or sore is ...

Summer is on the horizon, making it the perfect time to discuss the importance of getting regular skin cancer screenings. If you’ve never had skin cancer, you should see your dermatologist at least ...

Remove makeup, primarily if facial concerns are to be addressed.

The accuracy of skin cancer diagnosis varied by lesion type, physician specialty and experience, and examination method, with the greatest accuracy observed for dermatologists using dermoscopy, ...

Basal cell carcinomas often appear on the head, face, neck and arms. By Dani Blum Basal cell carcinoma is the most common form of skin cancer, but it can be easy to miss, or mistake for another skin ...

Medicare does not cover an annual skin exam, but it does cover diagnostic screenings for new skin growths or other unusual changes. Generally speaking, Medicare does not cover screening for skin ...