Do you know the signs of skin cancer? One of them is changes in the skin. My landlady Helen, who just turned 91 years of age, six months ago went to the Dermatologist (skin doctor) to check out this funny recurring scab-like thing on her nose that did not seem to heal. Sure enough, it turned out to be skin cancer. Somebody once said that if you get old enough, eventually everyone will get cancer. Hmmmmm.
So the doctor literally cut a piece of skin off Helen's nose about the size of a quarter. Then a week later the surgeon cut a piece of skin off over her collar bone and sewed it onto her nose using the tiniest little stitches around the edges. He simply stitched her missing skin over her collar bone back together. In about a week, the blood vessels had grown into this new skin on her nose, and the stitches could be removed. It took several weeks, but in time the auto skin graft looked almost normal.
Well, here it is 6 months later and it appears that Helen's cancer on her nose is coming back again. So tomorrow I am taking her to see the dermatologist again so he/she can check out Helen's nose. I say he/she because the first doctor she saw was a man, but this time she is scheduled to see a woman.
If you have a place on your skin that doesn't heal, it is best to check it out. It might be skin cancer, and the earlier you find out, the more easily it can be treated successfully. Waiting is very dangerous as cancer only gets worse in time.
Don't get cancer,
David A. Youngs
polybids@yahool.com
http://polybids.blogspot.com
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Skin cancer is very harmful. The main reason being continuous exposure to the sun. There are sun burns caused due to regular exposure of UV rays. There are different types of skin cancer named basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and melanoma. To know more about the causes and types in detail refer what causes skin cancer
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