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The Skin Cancer Awareness Month Giveaway is now closed. Thank you for your interest! We are celebrating Skin Cancer Awareness Month 2023 with a special giveaway! We're giving away a...

May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month 2023! Fear is a common feeling among those with skin cancer – from fear of the sun to fear of recurrence. This awareness month...

The past few months have been rough for our family. We had to put our beloved dog down, were in a car accident that totaled my vehicle, and have a loved...

I recently moved out of a 900-square-foot apartment in Downtown Dallas, Texas into a much larger home in the suburbs. In the suburbs, I now have room to spread out...

It seems like saying others don’t care about your health is sad or ridiculous, but it’s sometimes true. I recently read a story about a man using an umbrella on...

Can taking a vitamin supplement help to prevent skin cancers? That was a question I had several years ago. At that time, it seemed I was constantly needing areas biopsied...

Sometimes, the effects of skin cancer come in little pings. Or as I said previously (mixing my metaphors here), as a drip, drip, drip. An annoyance here, a pain there...

I don’t like skin cancer. I don’t like having it. I don’t like worrying about it. I don’t like trying to prevent it. I don’t like going to the dermatologist. I don’t like...

Local tanning salons are NOT throwing in the towel. I won’t give them credit for much, but I have to say they are persistent. They are nothing if not hellbent...

In June 2018, I had an unusual growth on my lower lip that was eventually diagnosed as squamous cell carcinoma. I was referred to a plastic surgeon in hopes of...

My husband told his mother that she needed to get checked for skin cancer. Spotting possible skin cancer in others? I’ve taught him well. Recently, my mother-in-law was hospitalized for...

As I was about to head out for a morning run on an already hot day, I said to me, myself, and I, “You should take off the blue shirt...

You can’t make this stuff up and I am not. I have heard all of these since I started seeing a dermatologist regularly in 1988. That was the year that...

Something I realized recently, as I was having blood drawn for a health screening at work, is that I have a lot more anxiety about medical appointments and procedures than...

I have been teaching since 1997, and this is my fall portrait from 2002. There are many things going on here–many, many things. For starters, my necklace is inside my...

Those who have Mohs surgery on their face often get some form of plastic surgery after they’re done. This is to minimize some scarring. But what if you’re not happy...

Radiation therapy is a standard treatment for many forms of cancer and is becoming increasingly popular for skin cancer treatment. Doses of radiation are carefully planned and delivered by professionals, like...

Hideous…The mirror is ruthlessMy image is a scarred version of what once wasA jagged tattoo across my faceFrozen into a frownReaching deep into my inner selfSlowly sinking into a bottomless...

Two separate times this week, I have read a comment online of “that person would look better if they had a tan.” And on an article written by a dermatologist...

I recently met a close friend, Rhonda, for coffee at Starbucks. We had been catching up for a few hours when, somewhat out of the blue, she asked, “How did...