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I have a very faint gray 1 mm stripe running vertically on my thumbnail. my parents have one too (genetical?), is it melanoma?
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Nail lines: Any lines running through a nail should be biopsied. Go see a dermatologist if it's your thumbnail.
Answered 2/20/2017
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