Dr. Rosemary Coleman

No.

But we do find that when the weather gets nicer...

people start to take their clothes off so they start to see their skin.

So more people will present with lesions because I'm even in short sleeves now looking at my arm saying, was that there before?

So people become more aware.

Well, that's pretty frightening for all of us.

But yes, get somebody to have a look at your back.

Ask your hairdresser if they've noticed anything new in your scalp.

Glance at the soles of your feet.

The groin has to be examined.

People think that skin cancer is just on sun damaged areas like the face and hands.

And the vast majority of people are getting better and better with sunblock.

But they're putting it, I see a lot with the women, they put it down to say their mid neck area.

And their face is lovely and protected and their body is absolutely exposed.

I had a lady recently whose arms were mahogany.

Her face was lovely and protected.

And when I asked her if she didn't mind getting skin cancer on her body, she looked at me quite shocked and said her mother had died from a melanoma on her arm.

Yet this woman hadn't picked up the message that she was at risk.

I think we know it's not right, but we're trying to get away with it.

OK, great question.