They’ll send the sample of your mole to a lab, where a pathologist will check it under a microscope for cancer cells. If the biopsy shows skin cancer, your doctor will let you know the next ...

You don’t have to be a numismatist to enjoy looking at coins under a microscope. An enthusiast will be able to find pockets ...

From magazines to social media, there is a lot of advice around skin care — and some of it is misleading. TODAY contributor Sarah Eggenberger stops by Studio 1A to break down surprising myths and ...

Direct immunofluorescence (DIF) microscopy showed a 15.5% positivity rate in pediatric patients and changed the clinical ...

Alternatively, they can be more powerful scientific machines that aren’t anchored to a table, allowing you to investigate things like your teeth or skin. In other words, these are microscopes ...

They send the sample to the laboratory to be looked at under a microscope. Your doctor uses a surgical knife to remove a small piece of the abnormal area. They remove the full thickness of the skin.

Your doctor can usually tell if you have psoriasis without a biopsy-- a procedure that collects skin cells and checks them under a microscope. But there are a few rare cases where you might need ...

During the procedure, a specially trained dermatologist removes very thin layers of skin in the area one by one. They examine each layer under a microscope, looking for cancer cells. If they find ...

Reverse direction, and it’s rough like sandpaper. Viewed under a microscope, shark skin is composed of ribbed, dragonesque scales layered like shingles on a roof. These structures, called ...