Most common excuses for not wearing SPF
11th of July, 2024
A – Asymmetry: If you see a spot, imagine drawing a line through its center. Do both sides match? If not, you have spotted a warning sign of melanoma.
B – Border: The borders of a melanoma spot tend to be uneven, with grooves, notches, and scallop patterns common. Benign spots tend to have even borders.
C – Colour: A spot with more than one color is a warning sign for melanoma cancer. These colors can include brown, black, tan, white, red, and blue.
D – Diameter: Melanoma spots usually have a larger diameter than the eraser at the end of a pencil, though they may be smaller when first detected.
E – Evolving: Safe spots stay the same over time. Dangerous melanoma tends to change over time. Watch out for changes in shape, size, color, elevation, or for a spot to suddenly begin bleeding, crusting, or itching. These are all dangerous signs.
Basal cell carcinoma is the most common form and should be treated seriously. Squamous cell carcinoma is another type of skin cancer that is more invasive than basal cell carcinoma. They look like scaly red patches, warts, open growths, or elevated growths that have a depression in the center. Although less common, melanoma is the most deadly form of skin cancer. Early detection is crucial to surviving melanoma.
