Nikki Ralph

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141 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 2 May

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The Pat Kenny Show · Ask The Expert: Dermatologist Nikki Ralph · 2 May 2026 podcast

So really, I like to say to people, if you've got something that's persisting for longer than four to six weeks and it's pink or scaly, you need to get it checked out.

When it comes to melanoma, they tend to be, for the majority of cases, pigmented.

So they're like a mole that's changing.

And we use the alphabet to look out for changes.

So the A, B, C, D and E. So A is for asymmetry.

So, you know, it should look nice and symmetrical with smooth borders, not jagged edges.

I like to think of it like the map of Ireland if it's starting to kind of spread out at the edges.

C is for colour.

So if you're getting multiple colours or a change in colour.

D is for diameter.

So if you look at the top of an eraser on the top of a pencil, six millimetres and above, we'd certainly want you to get it checked out.

And then E is for evolution.

So if somebody sees something on their skin and it continues to change in the shape, the size, the colour, they absolutely need to go to their doctor.

Yes, yeah, yeah.

So yes, of course, seborrheic keratosis is the proper name for those kind of brown marks that people get.

And the way I like to think of them is, and it was an old mentor who used to say to me, they're like barnacles on the bottom of a boat.

They are almost stuck onto the surface of the skin.

You feel like you can pick them off, but you actually can't.

But you won't do any damage if you rub them with a towel.

Of course, they could bleed, but it doesn't mean it's of any concern.

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