Stories

I found out a week ago I had squamous cell cancer and today was my surgery. I really only thought I would have a few stitches, but I ended up...

Hello-- my name is Jacqueline. I had a mole on my front leg 🦵 for years, then one day, it changed color from brown to black. I thought it was...

I noticed patches but had just moved states, so I had to wait for my new insurance to kick in. Recently had surgery on my chest and another surgery on...

2000- Starting having various places frozen due to pre-cancers, basal cells, and squamous cells. 2017- Started having minor surgeries to remove squamous cell cancers. May 2014- Diagnosed with melanoma on...

I have dealt with skin cancer since 2000. I’ve been having precancer, basal cell, and squamous cell froze, burnt, scraped, and in-office surgeries. May 2014 a spot on my ankle...

In 2014 I had melanoma removed from my chest. The next year I underwent a lateral neck dissection, scapula tip harvest and lower mandiblectomy. 2016 I had melanoma. 2018 I...

Skin cancer is unusual, it is not like any other cancer in that you are never sure when it will return or where; the skin is the largest organ in...

I was diagnosed with squamous cell cancer after 1st biopsy in August 2019. Then I had second biopsy at the end of August because it came back. I have been...

It appeared quite unexpectedly on the left side of my scalp. Because I kept catching it with my comb and was worried about it bleeding I contacted my GP. Our...

Hi. My name is Violet, what I thought was a pimple, turned out to be cancer. I had it removed the first time. Now, I'm having it removed the second...

I have had a “spot” (which sounds innocuous enough) on my lower eyelid. Twice before I have had it removed only to grow back. I thought of it as annoying...

West Australian skin cancer nurse Kylie Laverty never imagined she would go from the skin cancer hunter to the hunted. In February 2019, my daughter Hailey, noticed a new small...

The conversation with my dermatologist when he called me after I had sent him photos of yet more growths on my scalp went like this: Doc: "It looks like we...

I am a 73 year young woman. I have had Basal, Squamous and the last one being Melanoma. As I am writing this I am in the 3rd week of...

Skin cancer is accumulative from years of tanning. Even if you stop and you should, you still can get it from all the previous years of tanning. I'm a skincare...

This month is Skin Cancer Awareness Month; a month dedicated to educating people about skin cancer, how to incorporate regular skin checks into your wellness regime, stories, and other prevention...

As a young kid I visited the beach every summer. I never really wore sunblock because I usually tanned. One year I actually got so burnt though, that I was...

Moonmomma talks about the trauma of diagnosis and realizing the relationship between melanoma mental health... I practically grew up on the beach. I like to think of myself as young...

My mother is 93 yrs old with invasive squamous cell carcinoma. She can’t take vitamin D orally, so she sits in the sun for about 30 - 40 minutes on...

Two weeks ago today, I underwent my second surgery to have my nose reconstructed after having to have another serious Mohs procedure to remove a recurring BCC tumor called Morpheaform...