Reminder: Slip Slop Slap (graphic content)

Forums › Health and fitness › Reminder: Slip Slop Slap (graphic content)

floydbloke

3655 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 4568

ID Verified

#324390 3-Apr-2026 09:41

I know we're well into autumn, but this is to please remind yourself and your loved ones to stay sun-smart. This is what my noggin looks like a couple of weeks after having a basal cell carcinoma removed (and I was lucky I didn't need a skin graft and that it wasn't a melanoma). I'm getting the staples out next week.

Sometimes I use big words I don't always fully understand in an effort to make myself sound more photosynthesis.

geek3001

237 posts

Master Geek
+1 received by user: 362

ID Verified

Subscriber

#3477545 3-Apr-2026 10:26

I second that message.

That photo reminds me of late family members who had multiple such operations in their latter years, to have various malignant growths removed.

While the picture and nature of this is graphic, the risk of melanoma is very real and must not be ignored as it can and will spread to other body parts and is often fatal.

Rikkitic

Awrrr
19118 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 16406

Lifetime subscriber

#3477600 3-Apr-2026 11:02

That looks awful. You have my sympathy. I'm glad it isn't melanoma.

Plesse igmore amd axxept applogies in adbance fir anu typos

gzt

18844 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 7973

Lifetime subscriber

#3477609 3-Apr-2026 11:59

Looks good. I'd be telling the grandkids I had a brain transplant to make me smarter.

Eva888

2813 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 2478

Lifetime subscriber

#3477632 3-Apr-2026 13:43

Mr E is due for his in May. Won’t be showing him the likely results though. Looks very painful and I hope it heals fast and stays benign.

Dratsab

3964 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 1728

Trusted

Lifetime subscriber

#3477790 4-Apr-2026 00:21

geek3001: While the picture and nature of this is graphic, the risk of melanoma is very real and must not be ignored as it can and will spread to other body parts and is often fatal.

This. A good friend of mine died almost 2 years ago to the day. He was only 44.