18/04/2026
- Safety first, always. ✅
Not every treatment is straight forward. ❌
Check your skin, regularly. If something’s new or changed, get it looked at. Even if you’ve had it assessed before and told it’s ’nothing to worry about’ - just like this lovely patient of mine.
If it’s nothing, happy days and peace of mind.
If it is something sinister, the earlier it’s treated the better the outcomes.
Sun (UV) damage is cumulative. Exposure builds up over a lifetime. Skin cancer risk is increased.
But that doesn’t mean that only older people get skin cancer.
This lady was 49. Not a ‘sun worshipper’ and yet had been told her skin cancer (Basal Cell Carcinoma) was likely caused by sun exposure.
It has presented on her right cheek; most probably from daily exposure from her car window whilst driving and not wearing any sun protection.
Skin cancer doesn’t always look scary.
It doesn’t always itch, crust or bleed.
It doesn’t care if you never burn.
It doesn’t discriminate.
This is just another real reminder to WEAR YOUR SPF.
Every. Single. Day.