LOCAL STORIEYOUR >>LAUREN VERNO: ALL RIGHT WELCOME BACK EVERYBODY WE’RE
GETTING PEOPLE BACK IN THE
STUDIOS NOW THAT WE’RE ALL
VACCINATED IT’S KIND OF NICE WE
HAVEN’T DONE LIKE THIS TYPE OF
INTERVIEW IN A WHILE SO IT’S
IMPORTANT BECAUSE TODAY AS
MELANOMA MONDAY SO HAVE
YOU KNOW IF A MOLE ON YOUR BODY
IS JUST A NORMAL SPOT OR
POSSIBLY MELANOMA. DOCTOR SARA
FOR AIR BROOKER JOINS US LIVE
TO SHOW US SOME TIPS ON
CHECKING YOUR SKIN AND JULIE
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING
IN TODAY. YOU KNOW, YOU SAID
YOU’RE A TYPICAL FLORIDIAN WHAT
DOES
THAT MEAN I DON’T TAKE CARE OF
AND I PRETTY I GO OUT IN THE
SUN
WITH THEM.
>> VERY LITTLE SUN BLOCK BUT ON
MY FACE I TAKE YEAH YOU THINK
ABOUT IT WHEN WE WERE YOUNG
THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS WE
DIDN’T KNOW, BUT NOW WE KNOW SO
MUCH MORE ABOUT TAKING CARE OF
HER SKIN, YES, YES, SO THE VERY
MOST IMPORTANT THINGS TO KNOW
ARE. THE WARNING SIGNS
OF MELANOMA.
>> AND SO AT A VERY QUICK AND
EASY TOOL IS TO LEARN THE ABC
D’S AND
EASE OF THE WARNING SIGNS OF
MELANOMA, OKAY, WHAT THEY STAND
FOR AS STANDS FOR ASYMMETRY WE
WANT TO BE ABLE TO FOLD A SPOT
FROM LEFT TO RIGHT TOP TO
BOTTOM AND THEY
ALL MATCH. B STANDS FOR BORDER.
WE WANT THE BORDERS OF THE SPOT
BE VERY VERY SMOOTH. NOT
SCALLOP TERJE AGATE ARE GROWING
A TAIL OR REGRESS OUT SO THE
ONE WE’RE LOOKING AT THAT’S
NOT GOOD. NO OKAY, NONE OF
THESE ARE GOOD NIGHT I C M.
C STANDS FOR COLOR.
AND SO WE REALLY WANT TO SPOT
TO BE VERY EVENLY PIGMENTED.
WE WANT TO HAVE ALL THE
SAME COLOR. BUT IF THERE’S LIKE
A SPOT OF BLACK ARE AVAILABLE
GRAY OR A PINK OR A A BLACK
BLOB THAT SOMETHING TO BE
WORRIED ABOUT ALL RIGHT D
STANDS FOR DIAMETER AND SO
SOMETIMES I DON’T KNOW WHAT CAN
BE LARGER THAN THE OTHER SPOTS
ON YOUR BODY. 6 MILIMETRES
THAT’S GOING HARD TO REMEMBER
SO
WE SAY.
>> SO LET’S COME BACK ON CAMERA
YOU CAN SEE THAT BUT THESE
ARE GUY THE SIZE OF THE
THAT ARROGANT HILLARY I SEE NOT
EVERYTHING IN EASTON’S FOR A
BALDING OR EVOLUTION SO WELL
ANYTHING THAT WE JUST TALKED
ABOUT IS A GROWING IS A
CHANGING IS A BLEEDING ON ITS
OWN IS A CHANGE RIGHT SO THESE
ARE JUST UNFAMILIAR WITH YOUR
SPOTS I WILL BRING YOU TO JOIN
US A MINUTE BUT I MY FACE I
KEEP A REALLY CLOSE EYE ON.
>> EVERY TIME WE GET A FACIAL
OR LIKE IF YOU HAVE THAT
CHECKED AND I PROBABLY NEED TO
WRITE. YEAH ALL RIGHT. JULIE
LET’S COME ON AND YOU’RE OUR
BRAVE PATIENT WHENEVER YOU GUYS
COME IN FOR A SKIN CHECK, IT’S
NOT
SCREENING FOR SKIN CANCER JUST
YOU KNOW REQUIRES OUR EYES AND
SOMETIMES WE USE A LITTLE TOOL
CALLED A DRAMATIC OKAY
AND SO TRADITIONALLY WE ASK YOU
TO COME IN.
WITH CLEANS CAN LOSE HAIR
WITHOUT ANYTHING YOU KNOW PASHA
TOENAIL POLISH AND NO MAKEUP COCAINE TRADITIONALLY WILL OFFER YOUR OWN EYES AND WHAT
WE’LL DO IS IF YOU WANT
TO SEE. JULIE HAS LOTS OF SPOTS
ON HER BODY JULIA MASK USE THE
TERM SO WE CAN SEE ROBOT THERE
WE GO OK, YEAH, THIS IS PERFECT
SO JOE HAS LOTS OF SPOTS ON HER
BODY. ONE THING THAT PATIENTS
ALWAYS OR WORRY ABOUT THEY
ALWAYS COME INTO FACTOR FOR
THIS IS NOW RAISED.
>> AND THAT MAY OR MAY NOT MEAN
ANYTHING. BACK. SOMETIMES
MELANOMAS CAN BE VERY FLAT.
BUT WHAT WE DO IS WE HAVE A
DRAMATIC
SCOPE AND WHAT THIS DOES IS IT
MAGNIFIES THINGS FOR US SO WE
CAN SEE SOME STRUCTURES OF THE
SKIN THAT CAN CLUE US IN ASKED
TO KNOW WHETHER
OR NOT.
>>LENA PRINGLE: WE MIGHT HAVE
TO BUY UP TO SOMETHING RIGHT
JULIE DID YOU ALWAYS THE SPOTS
ON YOUR BACK THE SPRECKELS
FOR YOU.
>> I AS I AGED ABOUT IT IN THE
SUN THEY BECOME SPOTTY. THE SUN
DAMAGE HAS DONE SOME. WE ARE
TO THOSE.
>> SCAN RIGHT SO HOW OFTEN
SHOULD SHE BE CHECKED.
USUALLY COME IN ONCE A
YEAR REALLY OKAY, YEAH AND YOU
GET A FEEL FOR WHAT HER SPOTS
HER PICKLES KIND OF SHOW LOOK
LIKE GREAT
100% SO THAT’S WHAT’S SO GREAT
ABOUT DURING THE ABCD Z IS YOU
CAN TAKE INVENTORY OF YOUR OWN
SKIN RIGHT IDEALLY MONTHLY AND
THEN IF SOMETHING DOES.
>>EMILY BOYER: YOU KNOW SEEM
DIFFERENT YOU CAN COME IN
AND THEN.
>> I CAN TAKE IT FROM THERE I
SO I MEAN FOR MY NECK AND I
HAVE NO TRAINING AND NO NOTHING
BUT I’M
LOOKING IN YOU KNOW SOME OF
THESE DO KIND OF FALL IN THAT
CATEGORY WHAT WOULD RULE THAT
OUT FOR HER RIGHT EXACTLY SO I
WILL COME IN HERE MAD WHAT
BY ALL.
>>LAUREN VERNO: AND TO ME
THERE’S VERY REASSURING CHANGES
ON MAGNIFICATION THERE’S A
WHOLE SCIENCE UNDERMINE THE PM
PATTERN RECOGNITION. BUT IF SOMETHING WAS WORRISOME WHAT I WOULD DO IS OFFER JULIA BIOPSY
AND THAT’S HOW YOU DIAGNOSE
MELANOMA THAT’S HOW YOU
DIAGNOSE SKIN CANCER AND WHAT’S
VERY IMPORTANT IS TO
KNOW THAT IF HAS CAUGHT VERY
EARLY IN YOUR ESTIMATE OF
SURVIVAL RATE IN 5 YEARS IS 99
RIGHT SO GET IT GET HIM CHECKED
AND GET IT TAKEN CARE OF CAN
SAVE LIVES ARE THERE CERTAIN
AREAS THAT ARE MORE CONCERNING
THAN OTHERS LIKE TO THEY SHOW
UP IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE BODY
THAT’S A GREAT QUESTION.
SO
IN WOMEN. WE FIND MELANOMA IS
MOST COMMONLY ON THE
EXTREMITIES PARTICULARLY THE
LEGS ME. AND WOMEN ARE ACTUALLY
REALLY GOOD AT DO YOU KNOW
USING SUNSCREEN ON THEIR FACE
THEIR NECK IN THEIR
AFTER ANTI ASIAN PURPOSES,
RIGHT ALL RIGHT ALSO PLEASE
REMEMBER YOUR EXTREMITIES YEN
FOR USUALLY NANO NOT AFFECT
THEIR TORSO AFFECT THEIR
SHOULDERS. THEIR BACK BUT ALSO
THEIR HEAD IN THEIR NECK TO IT
SO BE SURE TO
WEAR HAVE FROM SUNSCREEN YOUR
EARS OPEN NEXT YEAR THAT THAT
KIND OF THING THAT REALLY LOOKS
GOOD ON
TUESDAY. JULIE. IN THIS LITTLE
PART RIGHT NOW JULIE LOOKS GOOD
OKAY, BUT I WOULD DO A THOROUGH
CHECK OUT BETWEEN HURT I THINK
RAIN IS EVERYTHING ALL
RIGHT JOY BEHAR THANK YOU SO
MUCH YOU CAN PUT YOUR ROLL BACK
UP I APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN
THAT WAS THAT WAS GOOD THAT’S
GOOD INFORMATION MAKE SURE
YOU’RE GETTING CHECKED WITH
THAT HIGH SURVIVABILITY RATE