moles

I’m a sunbed addict and I’ve got scary moles all over — but I can’t stop tanning

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I’m a sunbed addict and I’ve got scary moles all over — but I can’t stop tanning

A teenager admitted that she regrets becoming addicted to tanning beds — and is now warning others against following in her footsteps after a cancer scare. Megan Blain, 19, traded out fake-tan bottles for sunbeds so she could achieve a darker tan year-round, lying on the beds every day for two years and often staying … Read more

Cure for baldness might be hiding in your hairy moles, new study finds

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Cure for baldness might be hiding in your hairy moles, new study finds

You might be annoyed by a skin mole that sprouts hair, but that mole might hold the cure for baldness. The secret, according to researchers at the University of California, Irvine, is a molecule known as osteopontin that’s found in hairy moles. The human body is covered with hair follicles, most of which are so … Read more