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Hello and thank you for giving me the space to talk about this. I have a patch of red skin on my face which has been there about three years. Recently it started to get bigger, then a hard lump and lumpy edge appeared. I decided to go to The Mole Clinic...
Hello, I sent photos to my doctor showing a reddish blemish on my nose. Doctor rang me days later and bluntly said it looks like BCC. Doctor was very dismissive about it all and said it wasn’t an urgent matter. I understand it’s a slow growing cancer...
Hey, I'm sending love to all. I'm struggling since my WLE in December to remove Melanoma on my arm. Besides the pain, which is still quite severe, I'm starting to worry about the sun being out and struggling with what to wear and finding shade. We...
Hi, All;) Recently been clinically diagnosed with bcc on scalp. Hard to tell but the lesion seems to be about 2 mm. It's right at the top of my scalp, so a place where sun could definitely do damage. And super hard to see or monitor. I have had it...
Hi. I have a mole on the head of my penis.. Been there ages but got darker and bigger and occasionally painful. Had it looked at a few times over the past 2 years.. Generally dismissive of it.. Went back to my Doctor about 7 months ago who referred me...
Hello. I had a bcc on my cheek and on the right side of nose (mohs). No recurrence on cheek but around nose, recently had second recurrence removed. This time I was with another doctor he removed the recurrence by freezing. Now after cryotherapy, after...
Everything looked like it was healing nicely after having a biopsy and 3 stitches. 4 weeks later it's grown back Has this happened to anyone else if so what was your diagnosis. My GP said its grown back too quick to be BCC
Hi, I've got a mole on the glans of my penis. I had this looked at during a mole check on my back about 18 months ago. Dermatologist was very dismissive and hardly looked. Went back to my Dr with it 7 months ago- he referred me under the 2 week to dermatology...
Hi I’ve just completed an extended course of Efudix. Applying the cream once a day for four weeks didn’t work so I was advised by my dermatologist to continue using it for a further three weeks which I’ve done. Final application was last night. AK...
Husband had squamous cell carcinoma very large. On forehead. Had it removed. Left 1 month. Skin graft partial. Told today that it had gone into nerve ending and some of this taken out. This is why it is numb on forehead. But Told after conversation yesterday...
