Just wanted to remind everyone to not ignore any new or growing existing skin blemishes. I have just had 2 Basal cell, and 1 Melanoma removed. I checked the FACs and found an old post and reply from Thejeffski who told me to have a freckle checked. I set an appointment then and waited an hour and 20 mins to have mine and 2 others in the waiting room appointments cancelled because the doc had an emergency that day, and I never returned. I asked my MD about the freckel a month or so later, for an unrelated visit, and he said it was just an ageing spot. Flash foreward to a month or so ago I went to another dematologist to have them look at a small pink spot on my wrist that would not go away and turned out to be a Basal cell. They also found the aforementioned "freckel" was a Melanoma after biopsies on 3 spots ( another Basal also ). I was worried about the freckel that had been on my leg for at least 6 years and slowly getting larger and the cancer being in further stages allready. I found out yesterday that the margins were good and I should be OK as it was in an early stage. PLEASE use good sunscreen, hats, longsleeves, biminis, whatever to protect yourself from the sun. I worked outside daily for 25 yrs and did'nt take alot of precaution until the last 10 or so. You can find lots of examples to compare spots you may have to real pics of various types of SC online, but a trip to a Dermatologist is a small price to pay compared to ignorance as I apparently almost found out the hard way.
