4 Reasons To Get Your Skin Checked By A Doctor

Australians have a difficult relationship with the sun. We love the hot days and the beautiful coasts, but we are also more likely to develop serious skin problems, including skin cancer, as a direct result of UV exposure. There are plenty of places across the country where people are discovering worrying skin signs today, so if you want to know what to look for before you visit your doctors in Mackay, Shakespeare Medical Centre has four tips to help you know more about this fatal disease.

Are you concerned?

There are plenty of reasons to be worried about skin cancers, but fortunately the best way to protect yourself against fatal consequences is through early detection. Anything found at an early stage can be treated effectively, without disfiguration and serious operations. So you can talk to us today for reassurance.

Screening is very important

Australian doctors, Shakespeare Medical Centre included, tend to want their patients to be screened for skin cancer regularly. This should begin at the age of about 20, and you should be doing this regularly if you are an at-risk group, including those with paler skins, with a large number of moles or freckles and people with red hair. Even if you don't expose your skin to the sun, you can still get cancer, particularly with a family history of the disease.

Skin checks are easy

You don't have to worry that the doctor will do anything too extreme when they are checking you over. In fact, we have a top-quality skin check system which means that it is easy for us to spot changes in your skin which need to be examined further. We can look at ordinary moles and distinguish them from cells which need to be removed or examined further. Skin photography helps us to track changes easily from one image to the next.

Early changes are quickly treated

As soon as we notice any significant changes, we will act as though it was a cancer, and treat it accordingly. This means that we will try to biopsy any lesions or marks, remove new moles that appear to have changes, and use modulator creams to treat pre-cancerous cells.

Contact us today

Now you know how easy and painless it is to treat skin disease when it is caught early, make an appointment to see your doctors in Mackay. Shakespeare Medical Centre is always ready to hear from patients with skin changes and offer mole checks as well as cosmetic & skin care treatments, so contact us today using our online form, or call 07-4953-0233 now.