Skin Cancer Symptoms

A change in an existing mole the development of a new pigmented or unusual looking growth on your skin melanoma doesn t always begin as a mole.

Skin cancer symptoms. When is a. Skin cancers including melanoma basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma often start as changes. Skin cancer may initially appear as a nodule rash or irregular patch on the surface of the skin. Not all skin cancers look the same.

Precancerous skin lesions and skin cancer slideshow. Any change in size color shape or texture of a mole or other skin growth an open or inflamed skin wound that won t heal. An actinic keratosis known as a precancer is a scaly or crusty lesion. This could be a new growth a sore that doesn t heal or a change in a mole.

Both kinds of skin cancers may have raised edges and a central ulceration. Other warning signs are. The warning signs of skin cancer. The first melanoma signs and symptoms often are.

It s most common on areas often exposed to the sun and your scalp is one of those. Signs and symptoms of basal cell carcinomas include. The general warning signs of skin cancer include. Basal cell carcinoma develops in your basal skin cells.

Skin cancer symptoms actinic keratosis. Actinic keratosis solar keratosis actinic cheilitis farmer s lip cutaneous horns. These cells are at the bottom of your. Appearance of a shiny pink red pearly or translucent bump pink skin growths or lesions with raised borders that are crusted in the center.

An unusual skin growth or sore that doesn t go away may be the first indication of a non melanoma skin cancer. A large brownish spot with darker speckles a mole that changes in color size or feel or that bleeds a small lesion with an irregular border and portions that appear red pink white blue or blue black. Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer and can develop anywhere on your skin. These areas are most.

A sore that doesn t heal spread of pigment from the border of a spot into surrounding skin redness or a new swelling beyond the border of the mole change in sensation such as itchiness tenderness or pain change in the surface of a mole scaliness oozing bleeding or. These spots may be raised and may ooze or bleed easily.