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This could save your life so take some time and read it!
I spend a fair amount of time in the sun and love the tan Body Building look in the summer. I know it's not the healthiest thing to do but it is what it is. I try not to be oblivious to the fact that even though I have skin type of 4, skin cancer can rear it's ugly head. Therefore, I hit the Dermatologist every year. Sure, and ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure but choosing neither equals a bad ending.
A few weeks ago I had what I thought was a pimple on my back. I'm not one to break out on my back. I'm currently on my TRT and my back never breaks out even on cycle. Gave it a few weeks and it didn't go away so I called my Derma and was in the office 2 days later. They had a look, cut it out and said it appears to be a cyst but will send it to pathology just to be sure.
I got the results back from pathology and it was just a small cyst. What was disturbing was I mentioned to the Doc that I was in 4 months earlier and even though I know melanoma can more quicker than other skin cancers, my annual check-up should have me catching things early, right? He said yes and no. Although they catch most skin cancers early between visits, melanomas move faster than most. He said one of the most dangerous melanomas is called Nodular Melanoma. It doesn't follow the typical skin cancer rules. He said it's raised, relatively small in size, it may be black, brown, red or even normal skin color and easily mistake for a cyst when red or skin color. According to him, this cancer moves vertically through the skin profile and progresses to other parts of the body rapidly.
The real kicker came when he said how quickly this type of skin cancer can develop. You can go from nothing to a problem in 6 weeks. He said the best results are for it to be removed in a week after it appears. I research everything. I found out that nodular melanoma makes up only 15% of the melanoma diagnoses but is responsible for 50% of the melanoma deaths.
Below is a picture of a Nodular Melanoma. Doesn't look all that concerning does it?
I spend a fair amount of time in the sun and love the tan Body Building look in the summer. I know it's not the healthiest thing to do but it is what it is. I try not to be oblivious to the fact that even though I have skin type of 4, skin cancer can rear it's ugly head. Therefore, I hit the Dermatologist every year. Sure, and ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure but choosing neither equals a bad ending.
A few weeks ago I had what I thought was a pimple on my back. I'm not one to break out on my back. I'm currently on my TRT and my back never breaks out even on cycle. Gave it a few weeks and it didn't go away so I called my Derma and was in the office 2 days later. They had a look, cut it out and said it appears to be a cyst but will send it to pathology just to be sure.
I got the results back from pathology and it was just a small cyst. What was disturbing was I mentioned to the Doc that I was in 4 months earlier and even though I know melanoma can more quicker than other skin cancers, my annual check-up should have me catching things early, right? He said yes and no. Although they catch most skin cancers early between visits, melanomas move faster than most. He said one of the most dangerous melanomas is called Nodular Melanoma. It doesn't follow the typical skin cancer rules. He said it's raised, relatively small in size, it may be black, brown, red or even normal skin color and easily mistake for a cyst when red or skin color. According to him, this cancer moves vertically through the skin profile and progresses to other parts of the body rapidly.
The real kicker came when he said how quickly this type of skin cancer can develop. You can go from nothing to a problem in 6 weeks. He said the best results are for it to be removed in a week after it appears. I research everything. I found out that nodular melanoma makes up only 15% of the melanoma diagnoses but is responsible for 50% of the melanoma deaths.
Below is a picture of a Nodular Melanoma. Doesn't look all that concerning does it?