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FUNGUS KILLING POWER! 1 2 1. This is the nail of a 29-yearold female with advanced melanoma who was covering up her nail with acrylic because she thought it was ugly. 2. Note the surrounding pigment, indicative of an advanced stage melanoma. 3. This photo shows benign longitudinal melanonychia in a patient with multiple pigmented bands. 3 WHAT TO LOOK FOR: Windsor Beauty Supply Farmington Hills, Michigan USA Beauty Supply Westminster, California Hi Fashion Beauty Supplies Ridgefield, New Jersey Nail Mall Doraville, Georgia King Maxim Nail Supply Bronx, New York Pacific Nail Supplies Madison Heights, Michigan Starlight Nail and Beauty Supply Los Angeles, California Skyline Beauty Supply Falls Church, Virginia Pro Nail Supply Garland, Texas San Jose Beauty Supply San Jose, California Aliso Viejo, CA 92656 drgsbeauty.com 800-780-6999 www.nailsmag.com/fifi/21262 138 | As a nail technician, you are not expected to be a pigmented lesions expert, but there are certain red flags that should alert you to refer your client to a dermatologist. > A single pigmented band that is brown or black in color on a single nail > There is brown pigment on the surrounding skin (around the nail) > The band is on the thumb, index finger, or great toenail (the most common digits to have melanoma). NAILS MAGAZINE | OCTOBER 2013 Read previous "day in the life" articles by Dr. Stern at www.nailsmag.com/nailexpert. Contact Dr. Stern with your questions via Facebook (www.facebook.com/danasternmd) or Twitter (@DrDanaStern).