^^Dixie, your hairdresser can help you check them if need be. My dermatologist told me that he's had hairdressers save his patients' lives by advising them to get a strange looking mole within their hairline checked. My father's melanoma was hidden within a full head of hair. Wish his barber had been as observant.
I'm not trying to scare anybody but I think it's worth saying the following if it will get people to get body checks and take melanoma seriously: my father died of melanoma. He was in otherwise excellent health and physical shape when diagnosed. It took him out in exactly 8 months from the date of diagnosis. It was not pleasant to watch and he might possibly be here today if he hadn't put off for a few months getting the strange looking mole on his scalp checked out.
If it's caught early, it's almost always curable/non-fatal.
Last edited by qwerty : March 14th, 2008 at 07:43 PM.
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