We all know the drill when it comes to checking our moles. Keep an eye on them, if one changes shape, colour or size, or grows a ragged edge, get it looked at. It’s sound advice that saves lives. But it leaves a blind spot that nearly cost me dear.
Here’s the thing: skin cancer doesn’t always show up as a dark, changing mole – sometimes it’s red, and almost nobody tells you that.
A while back I noticed a small mark on my cheekbone, only a few millimetres across, faintly red, the kind of thing you’d never glance at twice.
I’d had
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