Last year for Christmas my husband gave me a beautiful pair of earrings. While I was looking in the mirror putting them on I noticed a brown spot in the crease of my left ear. I had not noticed it before and wondered how long it had been there. At about this same time I was gathering comments from the GlamourJunkie fan page for the Beauty Resolution list for 2010. It became very clear to me that the #1 resolution had to be: Go to your dermatologist and have your moles, freckles and sunspots checked.
I had a body check a couple of years ago for the first time ever and I dreaded it. I was sure I had something "bad" on me somewhere considering my skin is very fair, I was a sunbather and a tanning bed user. On that 1st visit my dermatologist found a small brown spot on my stomach that needed to be removed. The removal process took about 10 minutes, did not hurt at all and for the life of me I can't find that scar anywhere. So when I saw the spot on my ear I knew what I had to do. Like the spot on my stomach, the spot on my ear was removed and both were pre-cancerous. I am definitely glad they are gone!
I know the unknown can be scary especially when you're talking skin cancer or any type of cancer. But do yourself a very glamorous favor and have your skin checked out. Melanoma can be completely treated if you catch it early. Watch my video to see just how easy, fast and painless a skin biopsy can be.
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