More people need to know about melanoma I'm battling it now I had melanoma in situ removed and having two other moles removed so glad I caught it early because of these videos it helps us know what we are looking for and helps our dermatologist spot it as well some people don't get so lucky and they don't find it early it is tricky if you have moles get checked out you might have melanoma and not know it I don't use tanning beds or lay out in the sun and I still got melanoma if cancer runs in your family like mine your high risk
Please anyone who has cancer get a box of baking soda and start alkaline in your body and studying everything you can because Otto Wahlberg Proved that Cancer CANNOT THRIVE in an ALKALINE PH ... He received a Nobel prize for his discovery... I know many people that have cured their own cancer with baking soda and potassium and magnesium powder.. DO YOU RESEARCH 🙏
Little correction: melanocytes are not located in the lower layer of the skin, normally they are in the stratum basale of the epidermis (which is the is the outermost of the three layers that make up the skin).
This is incorrect. Melanocytes reside in the stratum basale alongside basal keratinocytes. However, the stratum basale is the lower layer of the skin, just above the dermo-epidermal junction
Biopsy is the procedure that is used to remove a sample for histopathology. Excision is the procedure that removes the melanoma with a clear margin. Biopsies are still done. I had one done a week ago.
@@andysmith6218 The point is that the recommended biopsy when melanoma is suspected is for a full excisional biopsy. That means when you see a mole that you think could be melanoma, the best method to biopsy that mole is to remove the whole mole as a biopsy (excisional biopsy). This allows the pathologist to look at the whole mole left/right up and down to make the best assessment of it being melanoma or not. If you only do a small biopsy ( punch or shave) then the mole could be melanoma but the pathologist may not be able to tell. Let's explain it this way. If you have a pizza, and I ask you to close your eyes and take a small bite out of one corner, you may not be able to tell that there is meat on the pizza because you didn't get any meat in your bite. So you say there is no meat when actually it is a meat pizza. This is the same as taking a biopsy of a mole you think may be melanoma, and missing the portion of the mole that is melanoma. Remember, melanoma can start within a mole, so not the whole mole is melanoma, and if you biopsy just a little bit, you may miss the melanoma portion and just get the normal mole. So the recommended method to biopsy suspected melanoma is to excise the whole mole as a biopsy ( excisional biopsy). PS-one of the biggest areas of doctors getting sued concerning skin cancer is by the doctor taking a small sample biopsy, punch or shave, of suspected melanoma, which is then incorrectly judged not to be melanoma. The patient is incorrectly told the mole is not a melanoma and goes away, only to let the melanoma continue to grow.
I need help I have this and it's on the side of my left knee. The plastic surgeon wanting to do it says it any be closed with sutures and he wants to leave an open wound or do a skin graft. This is all wrong, I want to find a specialized doc who will do the Mohs surgery. I need a great doctor I'm terrified
Call your health insurance company they will help you find a mohs surgery dermatologist mine was great at finding mine I had melanoma removed early and still getting more removed good luck to you
@@silentafterthought just to ad my narrow (original) excision left me with like 2cm scar. It wasn’t a straight line and one side had a bump. Not worried about the scar just worried that maybe my excision wasn’t big enough and I still have some cells somewhere
Thank you for sharing your time. Now that I've been diagnosed with M , my time is precious.
6mm thick melanoma and 18 years later and I’m still here..
did you had the excision surgery?
@@muhammaduzzair8960I sure did
Are you ok now
@@LucieObrien-s6i Yes
@@obamabigears734 did youbhave immunathrapy ?? i had it last year
More people need to know about melanoma I'm battling it now I had melanoma in situ removed and having two other moles removed so glad I caught it early because of these videos it helps us know what we are looking for and helps our dermatologist spot it as well some people don't get so lucky and they don't find it early it is tricky if you have moles get checked out you might have melanoma and not know it I don't use tanning beds or lay out in the sun and I still got melanoma if cancer runs in your family like mine your high risk
Did you have to have a lymp nose study? Do you have skin grafts.
Please help me I have new moles in groin whether it is melonoma or not I don't know
Please anyone who has cancer get a box of baking soda and start alkaline in your body and studying everything you can because Otto Wahlberg Proved that Cancer CANNOT THRIVE in an ALKALINE PH ... He received a Nobel prize for his discovery... I know many people that have cured their own cancer with baking soda and potassium and magnesium powder..
DO YOU RESEARCH 🙏
Correction 1:10 Most melanomas grow de novo, that is they grow where there is no pre-existing mole. Only around 25% grow from a pre-existing mole.
A very clear explanation; thank you.
Helpful video-thank you. Be careful friends-skin cancer is no joke. Be vigilant with your checks, stay safe.
stage 1a survivor here scary event 9 years ago on bottom of my foot
check your skin everywhere
That's odd in that the bottom the foot gets very little sun. I've had over 20 squamous lesions removed but thankfully no melanoma.
What I'm facing now
I just got diagnosed with it on the bottom of my foot
@@stacyshaughnessy4797me too, well next to my big toe.
bottom of your foot? how did you spot it?
Little correction: melanocytes are not located in the lower layer of the skin, normally they are in the stratum basale of the epidermis (which is the is the outermost of the three layers that make up the skin).
This is incorrect. Melanocytes reside in the stratum basale alongside basal keratinocytes. However, the stratum basale is the lower layer of the skin, just above the dermo-epidermal junction
Epiderme: córnea, camada granulosa, camada espinhosa e camada basal. A última camada e a basal. Ou seja, a camada mais abaixo.
Excellent explanation and just what I was looking for. Thank you.
Extremely informative, thank you.
Please correct this. We no more do punch or shave biopsy, go for excisional biopsy with 2mm margin.
I just had shave biopsy a week ago, melanoma.....
Biopsy is the procedure that is used to remove a sample for histopathology. Excision is the procedure that removes the melanoma with a clear margin. Biopsies are still done. I had one done a week ago.
@@andysmith6218 The point is that the recommended biopsy when melanoma is suspected is for a full excisional biopsy. That means when you see a mole that you think could be melanoma, the best method to biopsy that mole is to remove the whole mole as a biopsy (excisional biopsy). This allows the pathologist to look at the whole mole left/right up and down to make the best assessment of it being melanoma or not. If you only do a small biopsy ( punch or shave) then the mole could be melanoma but the pathologist may not be able to tell.
Let's explain it this way. If you have a pizza, and I ask you to close your eyes and take a small bite out of one corner, you may not be able to tell that there is meat on the pizza because you didn't get any meat in your bite. So you say there is no meat when actually it is a meat pizza. This is the same as taking a biopsy of a mole you think may be melanoma, and missing the portion of the mole that is melanoma. Remember, melanoma can start within a mole, so not the whole mole is melanoma, and if you biopsy just a little bit, you may miss the melanoma portion and just get the normal mole. So the recommended method to biopsy suspected melanoma is to excise the whole mole as a biopsy ( excisional biopsy).
PS-one of the biggest areas of doctors getting sued concerning skin cancer is by the doctor taking a small sample biopsy, punch or shave, of suspected melanoma, which is then incorrectly judged not to be melanoma. The patient is incorrectly told the mole is not a melanoma and goes away, only to let the melanoma continue to grow.
Excellent explanation.
Thank you. Very helpful.
Good information. Thank you.
Excellent explanation. Thank you
Thank you
I need help I have this and it's on the side of my left knee. The plastic surgeon wanting to do it says it any be closed with sutures and he wants to leave an open wound or do a skin graft. This is all wrong, I want to find a specialized doc who will do the Mohs surgery. I need a great doctor I'm terrified
Call your health insurance company they will help you find a mohs surgery dermatologist mine was great at finding mine I had melanoma removed early and still getting more removed good luck to you
My scar is 5cm for an in situ.. Seems very small. Shall I be concerned?! My mole was 4mm originally
@@silentafterthought just to ad my narrow (original) excision left me with like 2cm scar. It wasn’t a straight line and one side had a bump. Not worried about the scar just worried that maybe my excision wasn’t big enough and I still have some cells somewhere
I hope things went well as it is 2 years since this post. 🙏🏻
nice I had stage 1 thin melenoma removed .5 mill deep, Im getting more removed the 30th doctor said ill have a long scar
Thank you for this
Well explained
What's difference with thin or stu melanoma??
What if no mole?
I just had a pink growth diagnosed as a melanoma. It’s atypical the doc and I thought it was squamous.