Staying healthy is one of the best gifts you can give yourself and your partner. Why not add checking for skin cancer on each other to your night of romance this Valentine’s Day?
While self-exams are important, it can be difficult to see areas like the back, where nearly one-third of all men develop melanoma (the deadliest form of skin cancer), and the scalp. Skin cancer that is detected early can usually be treated quickly and easily. Couples may have a better chance of spotting early warning signs on one another than on themselves.
Here’s what to look for on your loved one:
-A skin growth that increases in size and appears pearly, translucent, tan, brown, black, or multicolored.
-A mole, birthmark, beauty mark, or any brown spot that changes color, increases in size or thickness, changes in texture, is irregular in outline, is bigger than the size of a pencil eraser, and/or appears after age 21.
-A spot or sore that continues to itch, hurt, crust, scab, erode, or bleed.
-An open sore that does not heal within three weeks.
So get close to your partner this Valentine’s Day for better health and who knows where else it may lead??
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