Monday, I go get a basil cell carcinoma removed from my eye lid. I went to the doctor about two spots on my back and the doctor did not like what she saw on my eye lid. I just thought it was a skin tag and did not think anything about the spot. Well, it was the one spot that came back a cancer. What I have found out about the basil cell carcinoma is that it likes the eye lids. So, folks, please, take a second look at your eye lids for strange spots.

Best of luck to you and thanks for the heads up.

{hugs}

DH is battling with it on his lip... we are 4 months into
"treatments"????

So glad they were able to identify and treat it. I too, have had basil cell and was treated...it was on my forehead; and have been fortunate enough to not have any return in the last few years. Good thing, cause I already have an incurable form of leukemia to deal with so my plate is full lol. Hope you don't get any more either.
Take care and Happy Quilting!

My Dad is having surgery tomorrow on his eyelid to have a cancerous growth removed. He really doesn't stay out in the sun(actually hates the sun). Didn't realize how many people this affects.

It pays to have any suspicious spot checked.

Thanks

Thanks or the info. and best of luck to you.

Basal Cell Carcinoma, most of the time is more a nuisance but untreated can morph into worse. Had one removed below the eye years ago--no problem. DH had one between his eyebrows and on ears. Eye lid? That seems like a sensitive area.

Watch out for the melanoma :

ABCDs:

Asymmetry: One half of the mole is different from the other half.

Border irregularity: The spot has borders which are not smooth and regular but uneven or notched.

Color: The spot has several colors in an irregular pattern or is a very different color than the rest of your moles.

Diameter: The spot is larger than the size of a pencil eraser.

But if you suspect anything, see a doctor.

(Almost lost DM to melanoma.)

THat is strange. I had 2 freckle sized spots, one under the tip of the chin the other on my face and both were canceorus. THe one at the chin area had quite a time traveling down onto the neck and had them all removed.
Had one on my arm, and on the forehead to the side. So far nothing on the eyelids, but I am also very careful when I go out, Never leave without sun screen, as I am very fair and live in the south where it is always hot, and I burn easily.
Glad your doctor had the good sense to recognize something that shouldn't have been there.

Oh, yall have me concerned now! I have these 2 places on my back that scale and are raised. They itch sometimes and I can scratch part of them off and it's like a brownish flaking. Sounds lovely, doesn't it??

Anyway, I asked my internal med doctor and he said it was schriasis (sp); asked my rheumatologist and he said they were age spots (I'm 61). I have a few age spots on my hands which fade when I not in the sun and they don't feel the same at all. I've found only 1 that feels raised and only 1/2 of it is raised but it's not scaly and doesn't itch. Oh, I did find one on my upper thigh that felt scaly and itched but now it is the 1/2 raised and non scaly.

I'm allergic to lots of things so I tend to not treat spots or rashes as too serious unless they are painful. I can't see the spots on my back because of where they are but I can feel them.

I guess I need to see a dermatologist instead but surely my internal med doctor would know, ya think???????

Right!!! Back in l980 while cutting my husband's hair I noticed the strange coloring and texture; turned out to be a melanoma. Just two weeks later which was the time they diagnosed and removed it (they gave him 6 months to live before it reached his brain!!) Do not take any of these things with a grain of salt. You never know!! Hubby is fine today.

I hope all goes well with you...and thanks for the timely reminder for us all!!
Kif

My Inter-Doctor who is the one to send me for the spots on my back that sounds like yours on your back. They turned out to be nothing but I would see a dermaologist to be safe. They specialized in skin diseases. :|

Thank you for sharing your information! Hopefully you are able to qet it all removed and be free and clear of any signs of cancer going forth. God Bless!