Skin Cancer Images

Skin cancer images

        To prevent skin cancer, protect your skin against the sun by wearing clothes or using a sunscreen with an SPF of at least 15 (SPF 15) that filters out UVA and UVB. Check your skin every month to detect changes, or sores that do not heal. If necessary, consult a doctor as soon as possible.

        The squamous cell carcinoma occurs most often when the skin was exposed to sunlight for long periods. Thus, this type of skin cancer usually appears on overexposed parts of the body to sunlight, or the forehead, cheeks, nose, lower lip and the upper end of the ears. In addition, it generally forms where the skin has suffered sun damage, that is to say where the imperfections and freckles caused by sun are present. The imperfections are evolving, taking on the appearance of rough, scaly plaques with small lesions that do not heal and eventually grow larger and become crusted. Squamous cell can be eradicated and, if detected in time, the chances of full recovery are good. In its most severe form, it attacks the mucous membranes like the lips.

        For reasons we do not yet understand perfectly, people of Celtic origin (Irish, Scottish or Northern Europeans) are more prone to skin cancer due to sun. Genetic diseases that affect the skin can also increase this risk. Albinism, for example, is a congenital anomaly characterized by a lack of pigmentation, resulting in increased sensitivity of skin to ultraviolet radiation.