Stories

I’m 59, in 2013 I was diagnosed with a malignant melanoma on my neck from a mole that was removed. I was misdiagnosed initially and after it returned two years...

I am a 77 year male living on Vancouver Island B.C. Canada. I have a condition called Dariers's disease, which to the untrained physician or NP or PA would look...

Went to doctor with a small pink blemish on my cheek that was a little flaky. He prescribed Efudix cream and said I was to go back and see him...

After my brother had surgery for Merkel Cell Carcinoma and had undergone treatment with radiation I was diagnosed with four skin cancers on my legs and arms. I have been...

I wish I had found this website sooner. When the Dr told me to use Efudix I thought I had to continue using it until I saw him again, which...

Got my tube of Effudex that I was told would cause some ugly reddening of my face, had additional, helpful, info from the pharmacist but I have questions, lol. Can...

From a small child I used to holiday with my grandparents who lived at the seaside. I don't remember ever using sun cream, but do remember nights of being slavered...

In around 2010/2011 I noticed a pimple on my chin. I proceeded to squeeze the tiny little mite (which only produced a minute wet spot) and left it at that...

It took a year for me to convince my doctor that it was not just a crazy freckle. I finally got a nurse practitioner who was also convinced it was...

It's been a year ago this month that I was diagnosed with skin cancer. I was shocked and scared but had to cry it out and accept what it is...

One bad sunburn with a huge blister on my teenage chest (dumb to lay in the fog at the beach)! 2 years later, there was a big black mole in...

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...

I wish I had found this website in June 2022! I always had great skin even at 71. I never even thought of skin cancer and what it might look...

The melanoma growth was on the bridge of the nose, I had had it for many years. The was a biopsy taken back in 2007, and the result was sun...

I have had five surgeries for BCCs, seven other surgeries, and several other injuries that required stitches. I also have a tendency to keloid scarring and serious allergies to most...

As a baby boomer from the early '50s through the '60s and living on Long Island, I have had plenty of sunburns. I endured many sunburns going to the ocean...

I've had three surgeries, five biopsies, and numerous fluorouracil episodes for multiple basal cell carcinomas. Frankly, I don't mind all the doctor visits, the surgeries, the oozing and bleeding, the...

Last year my 42-year-old husband and I were gardening and I noticed a strange looking spot on the side of his neck. It was about a 4mm diameter and raised...

Eight years ago, I was relaxing at a resort and noticed a few odd spots on my arms and legs. At first, I didn’t think much of it. The next...

After 280+ surgeries (50% were Mohs), melanoma, and hundreds of actinic keratoses frozen I was down and depressed and had to do something besides being cut on. I started going...