It may seem unfair, but you can develop skin cancer in and on your genitals, says dermatologist Michelle Henry and micrographic surgeon at Mohs. That’s why your dermatologist splays your toes during your annual skin cancer checkup, adds dermatologist Dendy E. Engelman. “I diagnosed invasive melanoma between the toes of a 64-year-old woman,” she says.
“I found a pigmented basal cell carcinoma in the armpit of a 50-year-old Hispanic woman that looked like a skin tag, but the thing was, it kept growing and bleeding repeatedly,” says Adam Friedman, associate professor of dermatology at the George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences.
“That’s why it’s important to have skin tests every year, so that a qualified professional can examine all your little corners so that the detection of cancer is done as early as possible,” recalls- he.
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