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Nail-ing a potential cancer risk that exists just beneath the surface - Pittsburgh dermatologist explains
BELLE VERNON, Pa. (KDKA) - A Belle Vernon native and well-recognized dermatologist is taking to TikTok with an important warning - check your fingernails! Dr. Lindsey Zubritsky, or Dr. Z, has 1.4 million followers on TikTok and she sent them a message, a 48-second clip with a warning specifically about your fingernails. "If you have a dark, pigmented, vertical streak going down your nail, this absolutely should be checked and this is why - it could potentially be a very serious form of skin cancer called a subungual melanoma," she explained in the TikTok. Dr. Z goes on to say that it's rare,...
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