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Skin
Understanding vitiligo: symptoms, causes, and treatment options

Vitiligo is a skin condition that causes patches of your skin to lose their colour (pigmentation).

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Lifestyle management
The eight best foods for healthy skin

When it comes to looking after your skin, what you put into your body is just as important as the way you treat your skin.

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Women's health
Seven ways to treat varicose veins

Varicose veins are enlarged, twisted veins that most commonly occur in the lower legs.

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Skin
What are warts and how are they treated?

Warts are caused by infection with human papillomavirus virus (HPV).

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Skin
What you need to know about lipomas

Lipomas are a common type of lump and are not cancerous. Around one in 100 people in the UK will develop a lipoma.

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Cancer
How to reduce your risk of skin cancer

Skin cancer is one of the most common cancers in the world.

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Skin
Ask the expert: what is rosacea?

Rosacea is a long-term (chronic) skin condition that causes burning, stinging sensations and flushing (redness) of the skin.

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Skin
Ask the expert: what causes acne and how is it treated?

Acne is a very common skin condition that causes oily, spotty skin, which may feel painful and warm to touch.

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What you need to know about shingles

Shingles is a painful rash caused by infection with the varicella zoster virus, which also causes chickenpox.

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