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  2. Smoker's melanosis - Wikipedia

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    Smoker melanosis in a patient consuming 2 packs of cigarette per day. Smoking or the use of nicotine-containing drugs is the cause to Smoker's melanosis. [10] [11] Tar-components (benzopyrenes) are also known to stimulate melanocytes to melanin production, and other unknown toxic agents in tobacco may also be the cause.

  3. Cancer patient’s tongue turned black and hairy ‘after rare ...

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    The sixty-year-old patient’s face skin also turned grey, doctors say

  4. Black hairy tongue - Wikipedia

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    Black hairy tongue syndrome (BHT [4]) is a condition of the tongue in which the small bumps on the tongue elongate with black or brown discoloration, giving a black and hairy appearance. The appearance may be alarming, but it is a harmless condition.

  5. Oral pigmentation - Wikipedia

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    It is a very common oral condition and affects 13% of the world population. It is often due to poor oral hygiene which leads to accumulation of oral bacteria and build up of keratin on the tongue surface. Black hairy tongue can also be associated with the use of certain medications such as antibiotics, prolonged coffee/tea drinking habit, or ...

  6. Overnight, her mole turned black and blistered. It was skin ...

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    A week after Fry first noticed the mole, pathology revealed it was basal cell cancer. “Basal cell again is the most common cancer on Earth, the most common skin cancer, making up at least 55% of ...

  7. Median rhomboid glossitis - Wikipedia

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    Median rhomboid glossitis is a condition characterized by an area of redness and loss of lingual papillae on the central dorsum of the tongue, sometimes including lesions of the tongue and palate. It is seen in patients using inhaled steroids and smokers, and is usually a kind of chronic atrophic oral candidiasis , but hematinic deficiency and ...

  8. Here's Why Machine Gun Kelly Painted His Tongue Black for ...

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    Machine Gun Kelly made a bold statement at the 2021 Billboard Music Awards on Sunday by stepping out to the red carpet with his tongue painted black.The "Bloody Valentine" singer, whose real name ...

  9. Leukoedema - Wikipedia

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    The cause is unknown, [2] but it is thought to be caused by intracellular edema of the superficial epithelial cells coupled with retention of superficial parakeratin. . Although leukoedema is thought to be a developmental condition, it may be more common and more pronounced in smokers, and becomes less noticeable when smoking is