Tips for Efudix Treatment for AK...Hi there, I'm new in this community. Just checking in to see if i can get some information to help with this treatment and healing process. Last Friday my GP...Reactions0reactionsComments1 repliesTopical MedicationSide EffectsSymptoms
MOHS - One pass and done...Unfortunately I have had a mix of ~ 40 squamous and basal cell skin cancers. I am concerned with my recent MOHS surgeries as it has become evident that the...Reactions0reactionsComments1 replies
Nervous About My Upcoming Skin Check...Skin checks cause anxiety for me in general. I see my dermatologist every six months for a full-body skin check, so I know if there is anything that needs treated...Reactions0reactionsComments9 comments
Efudex cream...I have used this cream before, and I'm supposed to use it every day for 4 weeks. My skin starts to go red, crusty, swollen and weepy after 3 days...Reactions0reactionsComments8 repliesTopical Medication
Has Anyone Used Tirbanibulin/Klisyri?...A new topical drug, approved in the US and EU a couple of years ago, with a once-a-day-for-five-days application regimen, minimal discomfort and good AK clearance rate sounds good to...Reactions0reactionsComments2 repliesTopical MedicationTreatmentCost
If you could have a 60 second Super Bowl commercial about skin cancer, what would you have communicated?...I often think about how important it is to advocate for safe skin care practices at a macro level. What are your thoughts?...Reactions0reactionsComments5 repliesAwarenessPreventionTips & Advice
Skin Cancer: Why Me?...I am on a skin cancer journey, and my first run-in with skin cancer was in June 2018. I had squamous cell carcinoma on my bottom lip, and it was...Reactions0reactionsComments4 comments
Clobetasol after fluorouracil...I have just finished two weeks of twice-daily treatment with fluorouracil 5% for sun-damaged skin (no specific actinic keratoses identified) ob my forearms. i have a lot of itching and...Reactions0reactionsComments1 replies
What I Learned From My Dog About My Skin Cancer Journey...Tuesday was the worst day of my life and it had nothing to do with skin cancer, or did it? I lost one of my best friends a few days...Reactions0reactionsComments16 comments
CLL and NHL and skin cancers are growing like weeds...So far this year, I have had Basil cell carcinomas taken off by back in two places, squamous cell taken off my left arm. Melanoma taken off my nose and...Reactions0reactionsComments6 repliesSymptoms
Two Year Update...In February 2021, I saw a dermatologist for the first time in my life to evaluate a lump that had been growing for over 7 years at the site of...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
My 40-Year Journey with Skin Cancer...Starting in 1984 I had my first skin cancer above my nose removed. Since then I have had 13 Mohs surgeries on my face for basal cell carcinoma. In between...Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments
Efudix cream...I've had bowing disease for many years I've started using Efudix cream it's driving me mad it's made my head so itchy and burning pain I can't sleep with it...Reactions0reactionsComments14 repliesCoping
Love the Skin You're In This Valentine's Day...February is a rough time for many of us. Well, it actually starts right after the holidays, doesn’t it? One-half of the picked-over Christmas candy aisle is revamped and condensed...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Does it ever help you to cry—just get it out? ...I was at the dermatologist yesterday. 2 abnormal moles. 2 biopsies. Same story 3 months before. I started crying and my doctor said what’s wrong? I said all of this...Reactions0reactionsComments17 repliesCopingTips & Advice
Fluorouracil...I am 77 year old woman, have had 4 Mohs surgeries, two on my face, eye and lip, my dermatologist of 7 years stopped regular practice to just do surgery...Reactions0reactionsComments1 repliesTips & Advice
Good Ways, and Bad Ways, for Doctors to Leave a Practice...When the envelope from one of my dermatologists came in the mail, I wondered if it was the results from a test I had forgotten about. But it turned out...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Efudex ...I stopped using Efudex on my lips Oct 5,2022. The Efudex did clear up potential cancerous cells on my lips. Since then I have had severe reactions with my lips...Reactions0reactionsComments1 repliesAwarenessCoping
Wondering?...I have a rare disease related to cancer, I have Neurofibromatosis Type I (nfI), and I have tumors, lots of them, over 50,000, they are on every square inch of...Reactions0reactionsComments2 repliesCaregivingFriends & FamilyResearch & Clinical Trials
Dermatologist Dilemma – Time to Change?...Some of us get skin checks once a year. Some of us go every six months. Some of us go every three months. And some of us don’t schedule regular...Reactions0reactionsComments15 comments
