Mom accredits Tiktok video for cancer diagnosis that save lives after a strange nail brand
A video of Tiktok played a key role in the diagnosis of a mother’s cancer after she took her to see a doctor with respect to a strange brand in her nail, Swns reported.
Lauren Koltcz, 45, of North Royalton, Ohio, noticed a brown line in his left miniature, but thought it was caused by a vitamin deficiency.
“I had this annoying feeling that it was more than a vitamin deficiency,” he said. (See the video at the top of this article).
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When the brown line became thicker, the mother of two children spoke with her practitioner, who said it could be a fungal infection.
“I put some fungal medications on my thumb, but did nothing,” said Koltcz, as the news agency also reported.
Lauren Koltcz, 45, of North Royalton, Ohio, noticed a brown line in his left miniature, but thought it was caused by a vitamin deficiency. (SWNS)
Then, in February 2025, he noticed that the line was extended by his nail.
“I began to investigate online and found some Videos of Tiktok of dermatologists,” he recalled.
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In a video, a dermatologist implored those with brown lines on their nails to see a medical professional.
Koltcz reserved an appointment at the Cleveland Clinic, where doctors took a biopsy of the Brown area.
“I had this persistent feeling that it was more than a vitamin deficiency.”
The next day, he received a call from his doctor, Alison Vida, MD, who said they needed to make a biopsy.
“I worried that the pigmentation in his nail was very dark, there were different tones of brown, and the place was wider than 3 millimeters,” said Vidimos, who is the president emeritus of the department of Dermatology of Cleveland Clinic.
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The biopsy results returned four days later.
“I just couldn’t believe it. They all know someone who has had cancer, and now I was one of them,” Koltcz said.
Koltcz, in the photo here, was diagnosed with sub -frank melanoma, a skin cancer that develops under the nail. (SWNS)
The results showed that Koltcz had sub -frank melanoma, a skin cancer that develops under the nail, but they had caught it in stage 0, which means that melanoma was only in the upper layer of the skin.
The sub -frank melanoma (nail melanoma) is a serious and rare type of skin cancer, which represents 0.7% to 3.5% of all melanomas worldwide, according to Cleveland Clinic.
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It can affect any nail and discoloration does not always happen, so it is so important to take note of any nail change.
Koltcz watched a Tiktok video of a dermatologist warning that a doctor should verify the brown lines in the nail. (SWNS)
“When this type of cancer catches early, there is more than one 95%survival rate,” we said in a press release from the Cleveland Clinic. “But if it is neglected and not diagnosed at an early stage, it can be extended to lymph nodes and make the treatment more challenging.”
Nail melanomas are often diagnosed late, according to the doctor, because people do not think about verifying their nails.
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Fast surgery eliminated Koltcz cancer and part of the fabric around the area to ensure that there would be no cancer cells.
“I just kept thinking: ‘What luck is I trapped in time and I had such good doctors to treat it?'”
While currently shows no evidence of cancer, Koltcz will have regular monitoring with his dermatologist.
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“I just kept thinking: ‘What luck is I trapped in time and I had such good doctors to treat it?'”
Khloe Quill is a lifestyle production assistant with News Digital. She and the lifestyle team cover a variety of stories issues that include food and drink, travel and health.