Skin cancer facts you need to know from a skin cancer surgeon.

Описание: Basal cell carcinoma is the most common type of skin cancer and usually presents as a shiny pimple that doesn’t heal after 6-8 weeks and may even bleed.

While melanomas can be raised, most melanomas are early stage, melanoma in situ or lentigo maligna and present just like an age spot that’s slowly changing.

Skin cancer is rare in patients of color, but when melanoma occurs it’s typically on areas that don’t get sun like the palms, soles or in the nail. These melanomas tend to present at a later stage with worse prognosis.