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Dr. Mitchell Elliott Bender

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445 total appearances

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Health Chatter
Dermatologic Conditions

Yeah, let me just say, Barry is absolutely right.

Health Chatter
Dermatologic Conditions

And let me just second what he said, because the eye is an amazing camera.

Health Chatter
Dermatologic Conditions

It's able to pick up changes on skin spots.

Health Chatter
Dermatologic Conditions

Non-dermatologists might not know what it means.

Health Chatter
Dermatologic Conditions

But they can tell if something looks new or different or is changing.

Health Chatter
Dermatologic Conditions

It's our job to figure out what it is, if it's something that you don't have to worry about or it's something important that needs to be evaluated.

Health Chatter
Dermatologic Conditions

So, you know, we can't look at our own backs.

Health Chatter
Dermatologic Conditions

We can't really look at...

Health Chatter
Dermatologic Conditions

Back of your head.

Health Chatter
Dermatologic Conditions

So I think the same way we tell people to do tick checks, for example, if they're walking in grass looking for deer ticks that bring on Lyme disease, have your partner look at your back or your scalp.

Health Chatter
Dermatologic Conditions

And they don't have to know.

Health Chatter
Dermatologic Conditions

They don't have to diagnose.

Health Chatter
Dermatologic Conditions

All they have to do is say, this is something that is new.

Health Chatter
Dermatologic Conditions

And it may be something new harmless or something new that's

Health Chatter
Dermatologic Conditions

more concerning, and going to get it checked.

Health Chatter
Dermatologic Conditions

It's just that simple.

Health Chatter
Dermatologic Conditions

Clarence, last thoughts.

Health Chatter
Dermatologic Conditions

Yeah, Clarence, let me second that because you can't believe the number of referrals we get in from stylists and barbers with cancers behind the ear or on the scalp.

Health Chatter
Dermatologic Conditions

And we see a significant amount of cancer that, for whatever reason, the patient didn't see and was picked up either by a friend, partner, spouse, or a stylist.