Stories

I will be 46 this year. I had my first primary malignant melanoma at the age of 21, in March of 1994. I always got sunburns and like an idiot...

I had a biopsy done on a mole 6 months ago. After I was encouraged by the skincancer.net community to follow up, I called the dermatologist office to request my...

My story begins in 1993. My husband was diagnosed with melanoma. He has actually had 3 melanoma surgeries in his life so far and has been fortunate so far. Not...

I had never seen a Dermatologist, until I was referred to one, in 2008, at 47 years old. I'm a fair skinned, Irish redhead, that lived in sunny Cal for...

My story began in 1989 when I had something that itched on the back of my left thigh. I scratched it and it hurt so, being a nurse I found...

I have always considered myself a healthy person, I exercise regularly and eat fairly healthy. Skin cancer wasn’t even on my radar for health concerns. There were a few sunburns...

I had a history of skin cancer - basically single cell carcinoma and I had the spots burned off with liquid nitrogen. I had check ups scheduled every six months...

Since young adulthood, I've been pretty aware of what good sun habits are. Maybe it was years of baking in the sun as a kid and teen that made me...

I am a 52 year old female with Multiple Sclerosis and Melanoma. I was diagnosed with MS in 1992. I started to see a dermatologist in 2007, knowing that my...

My first cancer was diagnosed in 2007 on my left arm. I was told that I had Scc and that I would need surgery to remove it, and that I...

Approximately seven years ago heading out for a cruise out of Galveston, I stubbed my big toe on a heavy piece of luggage. Really bad bruise appeared and did hurt...

As far back as I can remember as a child I have had so many birthmarks/moles to count. My mom always told me they were, my "beauty marks." I was...

In March of last year I was just a happy healthy 35 year old woman. I had experienced melanoma before but just was able to have them removed without any...

I was diagnosed with nodular melanoma October 2016 after 4 months of insisting a spot be removed from my right temple. It itched so bad and bled. November 1, 2016...

I had a melanoma diagnosis a little over a year ago. I went in for my first head to toe check and a suspicious spot was found on the back...

I noticed an odd mole on my husband George's shoulder in 2009. With some urging, he went to the dermatologist who knew immediately that it was melanoma. He had 2...

I'm 46 and have been dealing with skin cancer for almost 5 years. I've had 299 spots removed, 5 Moh's surgeries, I've done the chemo lotion too many times to...

Two weeks ago I did a trip to the dermatologist (after not going for many years) and got a full skin check. She did a great job and checked between...

I was actually told this by a friend, a week after being diagnosed stage 3 malignant melanoma. My 13 year old son had spotted a mole on my ear and...

When I was young we didn't know about the effect the sun had on skin. I worked in the orchards from the time I was twelve till almost eighteen and...