Living

A community member shares their experience with a mole removal, as told to a member of the SkinCancer.net community team. I went to the dermatologist for my yearly check, a...

Have you ever been annoyed by a sock that keeps slipping into your shoe? The thing that happens when the elastic has given way and it sneaks down onto your...

Efudex, a topical chemotherapy, is commonly prescribed by dermatologists to fight actinic keratoses, and with that prescription comes a plethora of questions. Some of the most frequent questions I have...

Following up from Part 1 and Part 2 of My Current Challenge: It’s August 7 and yesterday I got this news as the nurse was removing my stitches. “Your margins...

I have a tiny little spot in my left ear. First, it itched, then it flaked. I applied a combination of Efudex and calcipotriene cream. An even tiniest speck remained...

The word “will” can seem loaded when mentioned in casual conversation, and it might seem morbid to talk about or even unnecessary for the average person to think about. However...

One of SkinCancer.net’s advocates, April Pulliam, is interviewed in the new Health Union podcast Living With. Diagnosed with melanoma in her early 30's, April has had multiple skin cancers since her original...

Cloud coverage and sunburns go hand in hand. One of the worst sunburns I ever got was on a cloudy day while watching a boat race at the bay. It...

Let’s face it, internet searches are the natural go-to for everyone for everything. From recipes to car prices, from the menu for a favorite restaurant to the lyrics of the...

I don’t complain about much, but I’m going to do it about the overzealous zapping that a dermatology "Fellow" did the other day. He did it on spots on my...

It’s July 26, I now have five stitches on the upper part of my left arm. A few days ago a colleague of my regular dermatologist removed a chunk of...

Awareness, for some, means wanting to protect yourself, as well as those around you, from the sun as much as possible. Other versions of awareness for those living with the...

I wasn’t sure if I was going to write about this. I was fine when I was writing about things that happened in the past, or about someone else’s current...

Autumn is my favorite season. In my opinion, it’s hard to beat the still-warm days yet cooler nights of Fall. Every year, I look forward to the activities associated with...

We've all been in a meeting, a presentation, a class where we've been challenged to create an "Elevator Speech." I've had an elevator speech in my mind for a very...

A funny thing about skin cancer is that many people don’t take it seriously. This, my friends is a mistake. If someone has chest pains, they are likely going to...

“Don’t forget to wear your sunscreen!" It seems that no matter how many times we say it, people somehow are not getting the message about skin care and the sun...

Would you subject yourself to increase risk of an earlier death for a chance to look better for a limited amount of time? Would you continue to raise that risk to...

My lipstick looked crooked this morning. I guess it always looks like that, but today was the first time it really struck me that my lips truly look uneven. The...

Having any kind of surgery can be overwhelming and with skin cancer often being found on the face, it can even be frightening. You may be wondering what to do...