A Tiktok video played a key role in a mother’s cancer diagnosis after she was pushed to see a doctor on a strange mark on the nails, Swns reported.
Lauren Koltcz, 45, by North Royalton, Ohio, noticed a brown line in the left miniature, but thought it was caused by a deficiency of vitamins.
“I had that feeling of annoyance that was something more than a deficiency of vitamins,” he said.
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When the brown line became thicker, the mother of two spoke to her practicing nurse, who said it could be a fungal infection.
“I put some medicine for fungi on the thumb, but he did nothing,” he said, according to Swns.
Lauren Koltcz, 45, by North Royalton, Ohio, noticed a brown line in the left miniature, but thought it was caused by a deficiency of vitamins. (SWNS)
In February 2025, Koltcz realized that the line spread through the nail.
“I started researching online and found some dermatologists’ Tiktok videos,” he recalled.
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In a video, a dermatologist implored those with brown lines on the nails to see a medical professional.
Koltcz reserved an appointment at the Cleveland Clinic, where doctors took a biopsy in the brown area.
“I had that feeling of hassle that was something more than a deficiency of vitamins.”
The next day, he received a call from his doctor, Alison Vidimos, MD, who said they needed to make a biopsy.
“I was worried that the nail pigmentation was very dark, there were different brown shades and the place was wider of 3 millimeters,” said Vidimos, who is Emeritus President of the Dermatology Department of the Cleveland Clinic.
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The results of the biopsy returned four days later.
“I just couldn’t believe it. Everyone knows that someone who has had cancer, and now I was one of them,” Koltcz said.
Koltcz, shown here, was diagnosed with subungar melanoma, a skin cancer that develops under the nail. (SWNS)
The results showed that Koltcz had a subungal melanoma – a skin cancer that developed under the nail – but they had trapped it in Stage 0, which means that melanoma was only in the upper layer of the skin.
Subunual melanoma (nail melanoma) is a rare 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 occur, which is why it is so important to take note of the changes in the nails.
“When this type of cancer is captured early, there is more than a 95%survival rate,” Vidimos said in a statement from Cleveland Clinic. “But if it is neglected and not diagnosed in an initial phase, it can be extended to the nodes and make the treatment more difficult.”
Koltcz watched a dermatologist Tiktok video warning that a doctor should review the brown lines of the nail. (SWNS)
According to the doctor, nail melanomas are often diagnosed late, because people do not think about checking their nails.
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Fast surgery eliminated Koltcz cancer and a little of the tissue in the area to ensure that no cancer cells remained.
“I just thought,” How lucky I got it on time and had so big doctors to treat it? “”
Although it does not currently show cancer tests, Koltcz will have regular follow -up with his dermatologist.
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“I just thought,” How lucky I got it on time and had so big doctors to treat it? “”
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