The risk of cancer increases if you have pale skin or pale skin – 5 signs of melanoma

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People who are born pale or have freckles need to be extra careful to protect their sensitive skin from the sun's strong UV rays. Look out for the five warning signs of melanoma.

Take, for example, superficial spreading melanoma, the most common type of melanoma.

The NHS says:

« At first, they tend to grow outward rather than downward.”

But what do they look like?

“A spreading melanoma is a slow-growing or variable a flat area of ​​discolored skin”.

At first it may resemble a birthmark, swallow or lentigo (pigmented flat or slightly raised formation with a well-defined edge that does not fade in winter).

Later the lesion becomes more pronounced – some people do not notice the mark for decades.

Like other types of melanoma, it can be recognized by five signs:

• asymmetry
• uneven border
• color variation
• diameter
• develops over time

Superficially spreading melanoma may have an irregular asymmetrical shape or an irregular border, which may be “fuzzy spots.”

In addition, the lesion may be several colors: light brown, dark brown, black, blue, gray, pink, and red. The lesion may be more than 2 mm in diameter; Try to check the suspicious mark before it reaches 6 mm in size. Also tell your doctor if your lesion develops over several days, weeks, months, or even years.