Most sunburn will last for three to five days, but severe burns can take weeks or months to heal. You can't speed up the sunburn healing process, but moisturizing the skin can provide relief. To ...

Be gentle with peeling skin and blisters If you have blistering, make sure to keep the area clean with soap and water. If the blisters are causing you a lot of discomfort, Adamson said it’s OK to ...

Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome (SSSS), also known as Ritter's disease, is a serious skin condition caused by certain strains of Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) bacteria. It causes large, ...

The more sunburns you have, the higher your risk for melanoma. Follow these four tips to cut your risk of sunburns. Kurt Strazdins Miami In an ideal world, all sunburns would be prevented — but with ...

“Why are my fingertips peeling” you ask? “We use our hands for everything,” says Dustin Portela, D.O., a board-certified dermatologist and dermatologic surgeon based in Boise, Idaho. And when those ...

Blisters may appear anywhere on the body, including the hands. Treatment options may include covering the blister with a bandage, avoiding popping the blister, and keeping the area clean. A blister is ...

Friction blisters are small pockets of fluid that develop in the upper layers of the skin in response to an injury from friction. Home remedies and preventive measures may help. A friction blister ...