A viewer notified by Email with the football experts Mark Lawrenson, after he had seen him on television. Because he was a black spot on Lawrensons left half of the face is noticed, which appeared to him suspicious. By the note of the viewer’s awareness, went Lawrenson to the doctor. Luckily!
The 61-Year-old admitted in retrospect: The E-Mail of the spectator, the former Liverpool player took the way to the doctor, how Dailymail reported. It would be just the Kick in the butt that he had used. Because he had pushed the subject again and again. A little later he was diagnosed with skin cancer. For three months he had to fight against the disease.
After two operations, the Tumor was removed, got Lawrenson the releaving news that the cancer had not spread further. To wait “on the result, felt like a Damocles floating sword on me,” he admitted on Twitter. He is the audience very grateful, because he is sure that he has saved his life.
Be sure to follow the ABCDE rule of moles and mother
The former footballer was so fortunate that someone has pointed out to be eye-catching birthmark. In order to detect abnormalities in good time, you can take the ABCDE rule to help, to assess the characteristics of your moles:
- A stands for asymmetry: Benign moles are round and symmetrical. Asymmetrical shapes are striking.
- B stands for the limit: The limit of a nevus should be sharp. Jagged or irregular boundary, so if light and dark skin flat to each other, are delicate.
- C stands for Color, or color: the Normal is a uniform color. Ethnically and religiously mixed or dark birthmarks, however, are more likely to be suspicious.
- D is for diameter: moles of a size of more than 5mm or growing moles give reason for caution. Melanoma can, however, be quite small.
- E stands for development: Occurs within 6 weeks of a sudden a birthmark, this is a concern!
You notice one or more of these criteria to your moles, you should consult a skin doctor. Observe you should not only new, but also the moles that you have since birth. A Malignant melanoma can arise both from the older as well as newer moles.