It doesn’t matter who you are, you are at risk for some type of skin cancer. Of course that depends on sun exposure, how many moles are on your skin, family history or genetic predisposition.
There are three types of skin cancer to be watching and checking your skin for and they are:
Basal Cell Carcinoma, Squamous Cell Carcinoma, and the most deadly, Melanoma. Basal cell carcinoma is going to be a new spot growing and occasionally starts bleeding if it’s bumped. Squamous cell carcinoma is rough, red, scaly spot and it grows rather rapidly. Melanoma originates in Melanin; it ranges in color from black, brown, pink red, blue, purple and white. Melanoma isn’t the most common skin cancer; it just causes the most deaths among skin cancer patients. If caught early on, studies show a 100% survival rate for patients during the most critical time period after treatment; the first five years. People with immediate family members that have been diagnosed with any sort of skin cancer, most importantly being biological parents, are fifty percent more prone to being diagnosed with skin cancer themselves than those with a non-cancerous family history. So, go call your family and find out if they have history of this annoying skin cancer and if so, STAY OUT OF THE SUN!
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