When David Edges's wife spotted a faint brown line on his toenail, he didn't think it was anything to worry about. But Kelly, ...

Kelly Heather, 38, ended up needing brain surgery for a tumor — and it started as a discolored line on her fingernail.

However, dark stripes shouldn't be ignored because “it can sometimes be a form of skin cancer that affects the nail bed, called subungual ... are diagnosed in people under the age of 50.

Subungual melanoma, or nail melanoma, is skin cancer under your nail. It usually appears as a dark, vertical streak on your nail. Subungual melanoma is rare but serious.

While many associate skin cancer with irregular moles or changes ... Dermatology Association (AADA), it can also form under and around the nails, a condition known as subungual melanoma.

Faint lines on your fingernail could indicate a rare genetic condition that puts you at risk of kidney, skin ... in their nail beds. Alexandra Lebensohn, a National Cancer Institute researcher ...

detachment of the nail from the nail bed (onycholysis), skin cells accumulating under the nail (subungual hyperkeratosis), discoloration, and fungal infection that may cause the nails to thicken ...

It may come as a surprise to you, but skin cancer can also occur under the nail, also called subungual melanoma or nail unit melanoma. While rare, this type of skin cancer can be serious.

Though it’s rare, skin cancer - including melanoma - can develop under and around your fingernails ... Ms Heather had her nail bed removed at Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead and ...

a fungal nail infection can spread to other nails and to the skin, in rare cases causing permanent damage to the nail bed. Ingrown nails cause the sides of the nail to curve into the skin.