Let’s admit it – your acne can be more problematic than you understand.
A Harvard trained dermatologist warns that some benign flaws can be cancerous.
Dr. Daniel Sugai calls on patients with constant acne that last more than a month to seek treatment.
“If you have an acne that will not leave within four weeks, please look at your dermatologist,” he said this week in Tiktok.
Another sign is time to check? Blood -flowing spots.
“Another complaint that I hear patients say is that,” I just wash my face and has a place that holds bleeding and makes this cycle of bleeding, “said Sugai, who is located in the Seattle area.
“If you have a place that is not completely healing or is very fragile with soft trauma, like washing your face, you definitely see your dermatologist.”
Sugai said that both symptoms can be signs of basal cell carcinoma (BCC), the most common type of cancer. About 3.6 million Americans are diagnosed with BCC every year, according to the skin cancer foundation.
As the name implies, this skin cancer begins in basal cells, which produce new skin cells after the old die, according to the Mayo Clinic.
“I diagnose these every day, and actually treat them surgically every day,” Sugai said.
BCCs develop “blood vessels similar to trees” to help grow them, making them particularly prone to bleeding.
BCC can manifest as a acne that does not seem to heal, a shiny, skin -colored lump, a white or wax damage, a flat piece, with scaly or a lesion that is black, brown or blue.
Addressing to patients in color, Sugai noted that BCC usually presents as pigmented.
“It is usually hyperpigmented with some mixed red, and over time, it will start to be a eroded plaque that will flow easily,” he said.
According to Sugai, the first two decades of life are absolutely critical for the protection of the sun.
“Getting those sunburn at the beginning of life will definitely affect how healthy your DNA is later in life.”
However, he said, late is better than ever when it comes to preventive measures.
“If you are starting late in the Sun’s play, it’s never too late,” Sugai advised. “Continue to wear your sun cream because we do not want to defeat our skin with DNA mutations that are caused by the sun.”
Like other types of skin cancer, BCCs can develop later in life, after years of sun exposure, and treatment usually involves cutting the area affected by the skin completely.
It is common to see that this type of cancer appears where the sun hits your skin – neck, arms, face and head – but that does not mean that other parts of your body cannot take it.
“You can also get skin cancer, where the sun does not shine – yes, like around your vulva or penis,” Dr. Fatima Fahs, a board -certified dermatologist and Michigan -based skin care expert, told her earlier.
“Although it may be embarrassing, if there is a new or injured” acne “that will not heal, it’s worth going to see a doctor.”
Moreover, the fahs added, your hands and nails are not excluded.
“New dark networks or growths inside and around the nails should always be appreciated,” she said. “Nail bed melanoma is possible and may be more deadly.”
Experts like Sugai and FAH recommend that people be examined for skin cancer each year, or more often if they are at higher risk.
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