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Skin cancer is the most common of all cancer, afflicting more than 600,000 American each year. Itīs the easiest to cure, if diagnosed and treated early. But if allowed to progress, skin cancer can result in disfigurement and even death. Coupled with yearly exams by a doctor, self-examination is the best way to ensure that you donīt became a skin cancer statistic.
What to look for:
A skin growth that increases in size and appers pearly, translucent, tan, brown, black, or multicolored
A mole, birthmark, beauty mark, or any brown spot that changes in texture; is irregular in outline; is bigger that 6mm (the size of a pencil eraser); appears after age 21.
A spot or sore that continues to itch, hurt, crust, scab, erode, or bleed.
An open sore that does heal within 3 weeks.
Basal Cell Carcinoma The most common skin cancer
Squamous Cell Carcinoma The second most skin cancer
