What is the difference as far as appearance between squamous cell and basil cell carcinoma?
Both these types of skin cancer have a wide variety of appearances. The online photos available are not much help since they usually use “worst case scenario” type photos that are often much larger and uglier than the typical early skin cancer. In very simple terms a SCC usually looks like a reddish sore or scaly reddish bump that won’t heal or keeps enlarging. BCC can be various colors but are often darker brown in color and sometimes mottled in appearance. This descriptive info is not really helpful to you since both types have exceptions to the norms and a variety of appearances and color tints. This is why you need a dermatologist and biopsy for a certain answer. Since your skin cancer manifests as a sore I would guess it is more likely to be a squamous cell since early basal cells do not usually manifest as sores. You need to get a biopsy since it has been my experience that even the best dermatologists have only about a 60% correct visual guess ratio as whether a lesion is cancer
