Annabelle
Posted 4 hours ago
I work at a derm office and we see skin cancer all the time. You can identify skin cancer by self skin examination. If you see any lesion on your skin that is very dark to black, uneven borders, if it bleeds at times, will not heal, is growing in size, then you should have a dermatologist examine it. IF the dermatologist feels it is a questionable lesion or a possible skin cancer, they will anesthetize your skin with a small injection, then they will either shave the lesion off or use a punch device to take it off. They will send it to the lab for pathology report to confirm exactly what the lesion is. A basal cell carcinoma or squamous cell carcinoma are very easily treated. The more serious kind is the malignant melanoma, which luckily is not as common as the first two. It is very good to have a dermatologist check your skin once a year to identify any potential lesions of concern. People can also have lesions called actinic keratosis, which are ?precancerous? lesions..meaning they have the potential to become a skin cancer and so it is very wise to have those treated when they are found. Follow the ABCDE?s of melanoma:
A ? Asymmetry (both sides do not match)
B ? Border (blurred, ragged)
C ? Color (the color is not uniform, shades of tan, brown black present)
D ? Diameter (the size of a pencil eraser or larger, and it grows)
E ? Elevation/Evolution (the lesion is at different contours, and it is changing.
Source: http://iask.ws/skincancer/skin-cancer/how-do-you-know-if-you-have-skin-cancer/
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