Screen your lesions!
Q: Can you spot the difference between a non-cancerous lesion, pre-cancerous lesion and a cancerous lesion?
A: To be blunt, probably not unless you are an expert in the field of dermatology.
Skin Happy is an advocate of sun safety, raising awareness on how to prevent and spot skin cancer.
I get a lot of clients asking me to take a quick look or to give them a second opinion on all sorts of skin lesions, from flat, raised, rough and itchy lesions to weird and wonderful coloured marks, lumps and bumps.
Just to clarify; ‘A skin lesion is a part of the skin that has an abnormal growth or appearance compared to the skin around it. (Referenced from healthline.com).
Skin Happy Screening Service.
To establish if your moles or skin lesions are OK or not, I teamed up with Screen Cancer UK to provide a mole and skin lesion screening service. I conduct a brief consultation and take images using their dermatascope I then send this digitally using their secure system. Their dermatology specialists analyse the images and report the results directly back to you in a matter of 3-4 working days. Its quick, easy, completely pain free and gives you peace of mind.
Why should I be checking my skin lesions?
Simply put prevention is better than cure! It is quite a worrying fact that since the early 1990s, according to Cancer Research UK, melanoma skin cancer incidence rates have more than doubled (140%) in the UK. Also 86% of melanoma skin cancers are preventable.
Prevention is better than cure
To enjoy the sun safely follow the five s’s of sun safety:
My advice is, get it checked!
How to get your mole/skin lesion checked.
You can book your ‘Skin Cancer – Mole/Lesion Screening’ appointment now with Tina at Skin Happy (prices shown online). Click on any of the book now buttons on the website or use this direct link:
I also have a FREE sun safety and skin cancer booklet you can pick up in reception at Skin Happy.
Here to help you to become confident carefree and skin happy.
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