What can you tell me about skin cancer??

I have a a spot on top of my head for a few months and i thought it was ascab or a while so i tried to pick it off. yes i know that is gross but you can't help me if i am not honest,, well i picked and picked and finally it just was not going away and I went to the dr and she said it looked like it could be a form of skin cancer. I am going in the morning to have it removed and I have been looking on here trying to find anything about it and it is all so SCARY... I am freaking out so bad. I do not know anything about it.. If any of you have had it know someone that has or can shed any light on this for me PLEASE do so and please k eep a good thought for me as I go have it taken care of in the morning.. Thanks

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A mix of exercising and coffee can help prevent some of the damage by UVB rays

The Neutrogena Helioplex sunscreen is the best you can buy, I recommend the SPF 80

that it sux

I've had it. You're going to be ok!

I had basal cell carcinoma on my face. I think I ignored it for over a year, thinking it was an old scar. But then it scabbed and bled and I finally had it looked at.

Here's what they did for me. They did a biopsy first. They'll inject a little painkiller in it and take a knife and shave the top of it off. It doesn't hurt when they do it and it really won't hurt afterwards--it just kind of stings for a little bit.

After mine came back positive for cancer, they did something called a Mohs procedure on me. Basically they used a local anesthetic and cut more of it out. They immediately examined it under a microscope and confirmed they got all the cancer. If they hadn't they would have kept taking small slices out until there was no cancer remaining. I did need a skin graft afterwards, but now, 2 years later most people can't even tell anything happened to me and my cancer has on the bridge of my nose at the corner of my eye.

My husband had melanoma removed and his experience was similar to mine but his was more serious so he went under general anesthesia when they removed his cancer.

If they've caught it early, they're just going to cut it off and you won't need any other treatment.

I'll pray for you!