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Merely Me

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Carac Cream for Actinic Keratosis

We get a lot of questions here on SkinCancerConnection about the use of chemotherapy creams to treat skin lesions. In this post we are going to call upon the expertise of Doctor Lawrence Green, a practicing dermatologist, to answer a member question about the use of Carac cream for a skin condition called actinic keratosis. Actinic Keratosis is a... Read more Chevron

posted 05/31/2011, comments (0)|

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eye webbing

I had bbc removed from the side of my nose about 1 month ago. They let it heal on its on because it was close to my eye. Now I have webbing. A band of skin tightening above and below the healing scar. It very noticable. The plastic surgeon said to massage it to see if that would loosen the skin. No change... Read more Chevron

posted 05/15/2011, comments (0)|

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May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month

National organizations such as the Skin Cancer Foundation and the American Academy of Dermatology have designated this month to promote awareness of skin cancer. There are some sobering statistics out there that one in five Americans will develop skin cancer in their lifetime. Melanoma is the deadliest of skin cancers and it is reported that... Read more Chevron

posted 05/09/2011, comments (0)|

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A Dermatologist Answers Your Questions about Tanning

We talk a lot here on this site about ways to prevent skin cancer. One major preventive strategy is to stop tanning in the sun or using a tanning bed. The latest skin cancer research shows that tanning bed users are 74% more likely to develop melanoma than people who never use tanning beds. Despite these warnings, many people, especially young... Read more Chevron

posted 04/30/2011, comments (0)|

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Will My Skin Cancer Spread?

One of the questions you may have if you have been newly diagnosed with any type of skin cancer, is will the cancer spread? Metastasis is the term used to describe the process by which cancer can spread from the site of the original cancer tumor to other places in the body. Cancer cells which break away from a primary tumor can enter the... Read more Chevron

posted 04/30/2011, comments (0)|

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