DO I HAVE SKIN CANCER?? help me please!?

i have a small reddish painless lump. ive had it for a year now and didnt think much of it, but then i read it could be skin cancer. im nervous. please help out. its never itchy and never bled/bleeds. its worth pointing out i have prickly heat

ita on my chest and is about the size of my baby finger nail.

You said in the Skin Conditions section that the center is yellowish. If so then most likely this is a plugged hair or oil gland and in a round about way related to puberty and high hormone levels. Your family Dr or a dermatologist could lance the bump, remove the pus and then let the bump resolve and probably disappear. The chances of this being skin cancer are very small but I'd see the Dr anyway because you do not want to go through life with a plugged up oil gland on your chest. Get it taken care of and then spend your time worrying about school or girls and not having cancer.

John i am going to have to say you do not have skin cancer. As a person who must frequently get checked for it i have a bit of experience.
I have had a black mole on my arm for two years that never bleed and never hurt and it was completely fine when i got it check out.

However i have a mole on my leg that was originally brown and slightly smaller than a eraser and it had grown and had a red circle forming around it. They removed it but they found nothing wrong with it.

For melanoma you would experience bleeding and pain and for basal cell you would experience similar symptoms.

But don't take my words for granted. Check out this website and go check with a doctor. They can tell you what that lump is.

http://www.skincancer.org/

good luck

dont worry so much. you will worry yourself to sickness, literally. allways, allways check with your natural cure doctor if there is anything wrong with you. also take suppliment to stay healthy. don't over do it though. go to your healthfood store to get direction for suppliment.

It is most likely a cyst as it has been there for a year, but you must get it checked out to be on the safe side and to put your mind at rest.

Considering you have had this lump for a year, @ [i presume ]it hasn't changed in size colour or texture, it is highly unlikely to be cancerous. Why not visit your G.P. and put your-mind at rest?

I think you should go to the doctors right away there is no point in leaving it and hoping for the best it could be anything.

I should get it checked because its probably nothing to worry about but even if it wa skin cancer it could just be removed

Go get it checked - 99:1 its just a cyst. But go - stop torturing yourself.

go to your doctor immediantly

Go to your doctor, he can see your skin, I can't!