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The topic of anxiety comes up frequently amongst melanoma patients: What we do to overcome the waves of fear; how we share or explain these sometimes irrational and often complex...

We asked our contributors for tips and suggestions on how they deal with their scars after various skin cancer treatments and surgeries. Here is what two of them, Judy and...

This post picks up from the point in my skin cancer Mohs surgery day after I was informed that the surgeon would need to remove another section, in which the...

It is summertime - school is out, kids' sports are dominating weekends, and you are looking forward to that well-deserved week down the shore, at the lake, by the pool...

Most information about UV protection is widely disseminated and includes the below tips from The Skin Cancer Foundation. Lesser known factors that will help you in developing your skin protection...

It’s officially summer, and I’m not tan. Nor will I be tan by the middle of summer, nor at the end of summer. I’m not going to lie, I do...

I am having Mohs surgery tomorrow morning to remove a basal cell carcinoma on my face, near my right eyebrow. I scheduled this appointment weeks ago, and the day is...

Many years ago if you were ill you visited your GP or doctor as the first point of call. Now the tables have turned. People read websites, consult friends &...

It was about 2:30 in the afternoon. There were palm trees and tropical birds. The two-hour ride from San Jose was scenic, if not spectacular. Our missions team had just...

Life is certainly very interesting especially during the summer days! In younger years, my circle of friends was made up of those who sought after all that was fun-loving play...

A skin cancer diagnosis is the first step in the rest of your life as a patient. As a two time melanoma patient, I have gone through the "What do...

Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin that can be produced in the body when the skin is exposed to sunlight. There are not many foods that contain vitamin D, but...

I have a basal cell carcinoma and am having Moh's surgery. I'm scared and I'm upset and I just want the surgery to be over. But in the meanwhile, I...

Scarring is the natural process that occurs as the layers of the skin heal, whether from trauma, surgery, burns, or severe acne. While doctors treating skin cancer do their best...

The month of June is Men’s Health Month. I am all about being healthy so if this month is about being healthy as a guy, then I am all in...

“You have black death.” With those words, I began my dance with skin cancer. It was the summer of 1988 and I was sitting in the Jacuzzi at a pool...

So you’ve been diagnosed with skin cancer. Now what? Most likely, your doctor will either want to remove the cancerous area or refer you to another doctor for removal. It’s...

You’ve done the right thing by making an appointment to have your doctor look at a suspicious place on your skin, after too long of brushing it off as “probably...

“That’s me?!”, I exclaimed. I remember the first time that I realized that my hair was thinning up top. I had just gotten home after a road trip with the...

Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in the U.S., and melanoma is the most serious type of skin cancer. Although it accounts for just 2% of all...