Campbell Ross M

Patients often ask, What should I be searching for if I suspect a skin cancer. The following signs should be promptly investigated: a new skin growth that doesn't disappear in four to six weeks; any skin lesion that continues to expand and turns red, brown, black or is multicolored; a mole, birthmark or beauty mark that increases in size, changes color or texture or becomes irregular in outline; an open sore or wound that refuses to heal, persists for more than four weeks or heals and later reopens; any skin spot or growth that continues to itch, hurt, crust over, form a scab.