Living with Survivor's Guilt...You have the scars to prove it, the battle wounds. But what happens, when that's not all you leave the hospital with?...Reactions0reactionsComments5 comments
A Shout-out to Pasty Girls...He's collecting scars for every hat he forgot to wear, or, each time he forgot to reapply....Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
2 Skin Checks, 2 Biopsies, and 1 Excision...Excision scar So, even though I ended up with a couple of scars from my second opinion, I'm very relieved my dermatologist was thorough and spotted these...Reactions0reactionsComments6 comments
What I Wish I Knew Then: Skin Cancer Edition...My skin cancer scars remind me of the poor choices I made on a daily basis....Reactions0reactionsComments8 comments
Living with Skin Cancer...Learning to embrace or cover up scars is often a battle in itself and can be challenging emotionally....
Aftercare: What to Know About Facial Mohs Surgery...You may be wondering what to do for aftercare, if you’ll have a scar, and if so, how bad it will look?...Reactions0reactionsComments4 comments
No, You Don’t Need a Tan to Look Good...It could mean biopsies and numbing shots and surgeries and recovery time and scars and permanent damage....Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Torn Between Good Memories and Good Health...All that burning as a kid and teenager cost me two surgeries and two scars....Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
A Day in the Life...My scars are a constant reminder of this journey that began back in 1988. Do I think about it all the time?...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Skin Cancer – More Than I Bargained For...Skin cancer has given me numerous surgical scars on my face, chest, arms, and legs....Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
I Wrote a Love Letter to My Sunscreen...I pumped the dispenser, put you on the back of my hand, and applied you to my face, paying specific attention to my two Mohs surgery scars....Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Melanoma, A Spouse's Perspective...I began to see that some of his scars hadn’t healed....Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Powering Through Skin Cancer Treatments: Finding My Motivation...I could opt for more biopsies and more scars, but I am hanging in there for now. The things that motivate me to keep going certainly won’t change....Reactions0reactionsComments4 comments
A Letter of Warning to the Precancer on My Chest...If I had let them stay, my scars would be deeper and my pain more intense. They had to go, and so do you....Reactions0reactionsComments12 comments
Millennials! Gen Z! Listen up!...We got age spots in our 30s and multiple scars from cryosurgery and excisions to prove exactly how much we “got it.”...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
It's Always the Quiet Ones, Isn't It?...I was positive she saw my excision sites progress to scars....Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
How To Be Kind To Yourself...Or look down at areas of your skin with discolorations or scars or other irregularities and think, “Yuck”?...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Irish/English Heritage with Long-Standing Family History of Skin Cancer...I have many scars on my back, but I figured it was worth the peace of mind to have the moles gone....Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Advice for Skin Check Newbies...Most of the spots I have had frozen left tiny white scars. You might want to know this ahead of time....Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
"Eat, Sleep, Tan, Repeat?" Are You Kidding Me?...Real talk–I have weak moments now and again when I miss the heat of the lamps and the smell of the tanning accelerator, but my scars and my Efudex...Reactions0reactionsComments5 comments
