Yeah, Melanoma is a very bad thing. We just got word from a relative that a member of their extended family had let a Melanoma on his arm go untreated, and when he finally got to the right doctors, they had to remove his entire arm to save his life. If this country is going to have “A War on Something,” it should be on cancer!
OMG that is TERRIBLE..there are different variations of melonoma but to lose an arm is HORRIBLE prayers go out to him he should have checked it much sooner. Its weird to say this considering he lost his arm but he is lucky he didn’t lose his life. Melanoma once it goes into the bloodstream it can spread anywhere that is why it kills so many people. Luckily the kind of skin cancer my uncle has doesn’t spread but they have to keep on cutting and biopsying it over and over again so that is not fun..and he can never be out in the sun and when he has to he wears a hat and a lot of sun screen
A asymmetrical (you cannot draw a line through the middle)
B border. The borders of the spot are irregular
C color. The colors of the spot is uneven.
D diameter. The spot has a diameter the size of a pencil
eraser.
If you have a spot on your skin that has the A B C D of melanoma go to the doctor now.