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Hello Everyone Hope you are all doing as well as can be expected. I was diagnosed with BCC in Feb 25, I had a spot on my chest and leg for about a a year or more, had my GP refer me to dematology where they took pictures, and 1 day later had a phone...
I am wondering about using some silicon tape to protect my scar from UV whilst it heals fully and also to add some protection when wearing glasses. Has anyone done this and how was it, or should I just use skin coloured microore to pad my nose to wear...
I had a bcc removed on 26 sept and a skin graft and dressings removed a week later. The aftercare instructions were to apply antibiotic cream twice a day. But I was just putting the cream over gunk. So I went to my docs to see nurse and she told me to...
Hi everyone Completely new.... im being fast track for suspected melanoma skin cancer on scalp. Around left temple area i have 2 raised black lumps.... about 2/3 mm across. Been there 1/2 years. Im single, 2 grown up kids and mu parents live abroad...
Hi I was recently diagnosed with stage 2 scc on my lower abdomen (quite an unusual spot from what I have read) I had an excision surgery and just had the results back that it’s scc. When they gave me my results they didn’t say much just that I would be...
Hi, Back in Aug/Sep 2023, I had a 5mm punch biopsy, which found a Malignant Melanocytic lesion I then had a 2cm wide local excision and sentinel lymph node biopsy, as well as a skin graft on my right shin. This was a Stage 1B About a month ago, a...
Hi how do I deal with having this forum of cancer squamous cell
My diagnose is for ECCRINE POROCARCINOMA on April 2024,which I have been told this is a very rare cancer. Has anyone else got the same cancer or know someone. Also my brother died from cancer but my consultant says its not inherited. I don't know much...
Hi everyone, new to this but here we go, I could do with some advice after a large area of SCC carcinoma on the left side of my forehead about 6months ago which has left me with a numbness on that side, I did expect some nerve damage and swelling but...
My BCC was recently removed from my lower eyelid and it started when a small lump appeared. My initial response was that it was a stye. Looking back now I should have gone to the doctors earlier. I would urge anyone finding a lump wherever it is to go...
