How can you tell if you have skin cancer or not?
Monday, February 8th, 2010 at
11:05 pm
Linds asked:
I was just wondering how you know if you have skin cancer…I don’t think i have it or anything..I am just curious.
I was just wondering how you know if you have skin cancer…I don’t think i have it or anything..I am just curious.
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Go to the doctor’s office.
Duh.
First of all you would have a suspicious looking lesion or mole on the skin. i.e. a mole that changes in size, color.
Then you see a dermatologist and they remove the lesion and send it for a biopsy report which will tell the doc what type of lesion it is. The report usually takes a week to ten days to get back from the lab.
i didnt think i had it either…it was a mole…but it started bleeding one day so i got it removed and im glad i did!!
You see a dermatologist. If a spot is getting bigger, or if you have some sort of dark spot that is changing shape, see a doc. Not all doctors recognise skin cancer when they see it. It is also possible to get it behind your eyes. People say it looks like they have something in their eye.
Some symptoms of skin cancer may include the following :
Enlargement of an existing skin lesion.
Reddish patch or irritated area, frequently occurring on the chest, shoulders, arms, or legs.
Poorly defined borders of a skin lesion.
Itching.
Ulceration or bleeding of an existing mole.
go to a dermatologist. there is no sense in worrying urself by looknig up your ’symptoms’ online…go to the doctor and he’ll be able to tell you. good luck