Skin Cancer: Check Your Skin

There is an extremely good website which shows you how to examine your own skin for irregular or malignant moles. The site is www.myskincheck.nl. I recommend everyone with an increased risk of skin cancer to look at this website.

Malignant moles

The chance of malignant moles appearing is above average in people:
• with white skin and blue eyes,
• with red hair and pale skin,
• who have suffered with sunburn in childhood,
• who have more than 150 moles on their skin,
• where more than one member of their immediate family has had a melanoma,
• who have more than one large or irregular mole on their skin.

In short: this applies to a large section of the Dutch population.

The amount of melanoma cases is still on the increase in the Netherlands. The earlier a melanoma is found the greater the chance is of making a full recovery!

Greetings Peter
Peter Velthuis is the Medical Director and Dermatologist at the Velthuis Clinic .He is writing as my guest blogger.
Also read the blogs:
‘Moles’
‘Suspect Areas on the Skin’
‘Help with Choosing a Sun Cream’
‘You Are So Red!’(what to do when burnt)
and ‘The Sun’s Impact; Twins’.