See your Dermatologist

I haven't gone shirtless in 8 years. That's when I had a big chunk of my shoulder removed. Now I may need them to dig out a piece of my right cheek.

 

Basal Cell carcinomas can look remarkably similar to pimples that have not yet "pointed" (no white head). I had a small one removed 10 years ago from my eye orbit. And thanks to my wife for knowing to push me to see derm. She was right.....again......sigh........

 

Barry knows who's The Boss

Good post by DOS.

Every time my dermatologist sig other sees white people basting on the beaches, she says "my future patients!" I may look like a kook (whatever that is these days) with my Zinka & long sleeves & hat, but none of 'the cool surfer people' are going to be holding my hand when the doc is firing up the cutters to start carving a 'big chunk' as Chavey put it so well, out of my carcass. In other words, I couldn't care less how it looks: I go for the sun protection.

BTW, lotta folks forget the tops of the ears & ear lobes when applying sunblock. The derms do a lot of carving on ears as a result.

You'd likely be stunned at how many well-known brands of 'sunblock' are essentially useless. Reason is they don't have at least 2% zinc in them. If the label doesn't list zinc, it's merely jerkwater lotion in a tube.

 

#jerkwaterlotion

 

I'm gonna see a derm one of these days.

 

I love my derm--she has big boobies.....

 

That helps when receiving the good / bad news.

 

I wouldn't even hear it........(deep gaze)

 

Thanks for posting that--I will get some for our granddaughter when she visits, which will be soon. I also need to buy pail and shovel sand toys for het first summer at the beach with gramps (she will wonder why everybody walking by is waving at me with only one finger?? I have a reputation to keep up, of course.....)

 

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It will save you thousands of dollars for a small investment.

 

Good reminder...had a chunk removed from my arm...it was only basal...came back tho, need to go back.

 

no need to even hit a Derm. Your PCP can do a check. I get 2 every year.

 

Buy a Cancer Policy, First Diagnosis at least $25000!
It will save you thousands of dollars for a small investment.

 

Go soon--if it reaches to your "sub" dermal areas spreading is facilitated to other organs (our skin is an organ in itself, recall).

 

lol...good one.

 

REAL and very SERIOUS..

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i get white spots on my back about 2x a year. choice is btwn pills and lotion, i choose pills b/c they're usually more effective than lotion which is a ripoff depending on how much applied. the pills keep getting weaker and more expensive, stupid derms keep saying the older stuff is no good any more. those derms are full of sht, and i've told them a handful of times. can't drink on those pills, so i'm usually in the best shape of my life and red eyed as a mofo. i'm def getting cancer older, but i'm also hi on OJ being in the fridge at all times - prob best cure to cancer that i've heard