Are there warning signs for basal cell skin cancer?
There are some early signs of basal cell skin cancer to watch out for: a bleeding spot, a pimple-like lesion that heals but keeps coming back, a mark that looks like a scar where there was no injury to start, or a new bump with a pearly surface. Can a basal cell skin cancer turn deadly? No. But you should still keep checking your body for signs of melanoma. People who have had a lot of sun exposure and have had basal cell skin cancer are at higher risk of developing melanoma. The warning signs for melanoma are the ones we’ve heard before as the A-B-C-D’s. A for an asymmetrically shaped mole, B for irregular borders, C for different colored moles and D for a diameter bigger than a pencil eraser. In general, you should watch out for any skin condition or growth that keeps growing, changing color or that’s getting worse and not better. Are there any other kinds of skin cancer you should watch out for? The third type of skin cancer is squamous cell skin cancer, which also affects the surfa
