How does one tell if they have a suspicious looking spot on there skin?
Check the following.
If you see anything similar go see your Doctor ASAP and get a professional opinion.
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Third pic down - black toe nail. Guy at work got a black toe nail without remembering if he stubbed it or not. Left it for a few months before getting checked. Was dead 3yrs later - and sadly, he suffered badly during that time.
if in doubt go get checked...
Excellent, excellent post jetstream. You may have even saved a life on here.
Great pics n info.
If you are over about 25, and have never had a proper check from a skin specialist, go and do it !!
It is cheap, or free ! A small investment of your time.... And it could potentially save your life.
In Geelong, Myers Street Family Medical Centre, 148 Myers, 5229 5192.
www.geelongmedicalgroup.com.au/
115.178.19.90/~msfmcom/Skin_Checks.php
Google "Skin Checks", and it will come up with a skin clinic close to you too....
Here's a link..... Let Me Google That For You (LMGTFY!!)
lmgtfy.com/?q=skin+checks (maybe add a town name on the end..., Manly, Perth, etc..)
Most of the Skin Clinics are staffed by GP's - nothing wrong with that but they are NOT the experts!!!
Do yourself a favour and go to your GP every couple of years and get a referral to a dermatoligist for an EXPERT opinion and in between times use the Skin/Mole Clinics.
The number of misdiagnosed or missed altogether skin cancers may not be high but wouldn't you hate to be the one that ends up with the BIG C because you didn't go to the expert ????
Any check is better than no check though......
Had one of these last September cut open and cut out...
Tumor..but benign...
But apparently it is re occurring...
Stupid thing bled and bled for about 4 or 5 months till the doc
sent me to the cancer specialist...a scary few weeks 
