Skin cancer is sneaky, and not because it doesn't give fair warning. An early -- and curable -- cancer can usually be spotted, but often you never see it (it's hiding on the back of your upper thigh), or you dismiss it as just another freckle. Sure, you've heard the "changing color, ragged edges" litany many times, but do you know exactly what that looks like on your own skin?
Where Skin Cancer Starts
People who regularly check themselves all over for suspicious skin changes are 44% less likely to die from melanoma -- the deadliest form -- than people who don't do self-exams.
Here's where skin cancer starts: The two most common but also most treatable kinds of skin cancer originate either in the bottom (basal) layer of your skin or the upper (squamous) layer. Melanoma, the most dangerous skin cancer, affects the pigment-producing skin cells.
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