When is a Spot More than a Spot? Skin Lesions and Cancers

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I’ve been working in Derm for about 1.5 years now, well regarding med Derm. This lecturer taught me more than I did working with 2 derms for that long.

Excellent presentation,I’m fair skinned and spent 35 years sailing open seas, have probably bought my dermatologist a pony for her daughter, lol. Please stay on top of any and all skin irregularities it is so important especially for our generation that used baby oil to tan last century.🌞

Dont be repulsed by how long this video is....the time flyz by cuz it's such a well done informative video with pictures. 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆To this Doctor!

She is an amazing lecturer! She communicates well. That said she was more informative on this subject than anyone I've every heard speak on skin lessions and cancer! Thank you for the information!!! I hope and pray she is teaching as many people as she can! I hope this information reaches all who need it.

In 1980 I was diagnosed with Clark's Level IV metastatic Melanoma. Three doctors at that time advised me to make my final arrangements. I am a one off. I've survived. But my father died from that disease.

Great presentation. So glad you put in the time to make it. Thank you.

Speaker was knowledgeable, informative, and still able to use laymen terms. Thank you very much for caring enough to share this lecture.

I've seen decades of superficial nonsense and now this doctor spells it out in the detail that makes sense!

THIS was an excellent presentation, Bless this doctor. I have as a lay person before referring people to board certified dermatologists for very different concerns. They all were confirmed to have cancers. Only because my own dad who was an MD was misdignosed by a dermatologist (old guy). My dad knew it was wrong and got a second diagnosis, a MOHS procedure, plastics to repair his face, then died from a tumor in his jaw. I am an RN now and advocate for continuing reassessment. Doctors are not infallible and learn from the cases they encounter. PLEASE ask for the highest expertise available.The system is designed for the lowest cost treatment, not the BEST.

Extremely thorough and presented well enough that everyone can understand. This isn't an easy thing to do so Congratulations to Dr Lindy Fox!

This is very helpful - so clearly explained and the photos support what she's saying. I've had various surgeries and treatments for skin cancer over quite a few years. Never been explained as well as watching this presentation.

I have it now. I just turned 40 today and found out at 36 I had small cell lung cancer, chemo and radiation…a year after that I got a one inch brain tumor so near to my spine that I had to have more radiation. I had clean scans and then this birthmark I had for years started to grow and it was flat. It got darker. I was at the cancer center every three weeks no one noticed it. From a flat small birthmark it grew a bit and I truly thought it was all the weight I had lost, maybe it just stretched out. Now it is black, in the shape of a heart and I guess I have one on my back but I’ve never scene it. Months went on, I now have after it itching a bit it turned into a black heart. My nurse has told me it can go anywhere outside or inside my body. I am very fearful. I have been fighting cancer for years now. They told me I only had 2-3 years and that was just from the small cell lung cancer which isn’t in your lungs, however it’s under you lungs and makes super sized lymph nodes as the oncologist called them and what they do is push on your bronchial tubes. I have not expired and fought with chemo and radiation and like I said then the 1 inch tumor on the back of my skull and too close to my spine to do surgery and thankfully radiation did it’s job and it’s still shrinking after more than a year. I have fought both of this with clean scans under my lungs and my brain tumor is still shrinking. It turned from brown to black on the out side of my ear but near it, on my face. I finally get to go to a dermatologist by the end of the month (July). Since I got cancer 3.5 years ago on Valentine’s Day I found out I had the small cell lung cancer with nothing in my lungs. They told me I was very young to get that cancer and I thank God daily that even the 2-3 years I had I survived 3 years and 6 months. I am so tired. This skin cancer I pray doesn’t go inside. My sister passed away 2.5 weeks from cancer before I found out I had cancer. The cancer I have is the worst one I’ve been told. The fact that I was so naïve and thought that it could just be cut off and even though I went in every three weeks to the cancer center nobody really much paid attention to it so I didn’t really know what was going on and again I had had radiation twice 31 time and 10 on my head for the tumor in my brain and I had gotten through both of those things knowing that I was just on a temporary what they call terminal remission basically that even though my scans were clean it didn’t mean it still wasn’t what I had come to the cancer center with the day after I had surgery where they went down and checked all that out and did biopsies and said it was small cell lung cancer and then with the brain cancer I did it 10 with that and the mask being on my face was probably the worst part and I was so thankful that it was shrinking but I guess it’s not enough to get me to heaven because I’m quite sure as my brother is an RN that this battle I may not win. I am very worried and I do pray. I am a Christian and I feel like that Cancer has plagued so many people now it’s even worse than Covid. I don’t understand what I did to deserve this but if I could do it all over again I sure it’s heck would not leave behind three kids that still need me and a husband of 21 years that we got married when I was 19 years old and he was 21 almost 22 and I don’t wanna leave them all and that will leave my mother with only one child left which is my brother. I smoked most of this short life and for some reason are used to say when I was quite shorter that I didn’t think I’d live past 50 and how crazy is it that this all is happened and now I’m just waiting to see what they’re going to do but I’m scared to death because tonight when I talk to my brother I let him know because I’ve been hiding it from my family especially my mother because I did not want her to know and she also was the first one who took me to a tanning salon because she always went and now she doesn’t go to tanning salon she just plays out in the yard and I did that too but I have always had an olive color to my skin as I do have a different father than my sister and brother who both are/were and I am also the youngest obviously. There is no cancer on my mothers side but I tried to find my birth father medical history and he just blocked me. His whole family who only lived 20 minutes away. I am watching all of this and I haven’t seen the worst one yet is what I have. But I do feel like it’s mostly my fault I should have definitely been more aware and it didn’t occur to me like I said that I would have parts of my body cut off possibly or just that area is what I thought but my brother tells me that it routes and they may have to takeoff my ear and I’m not going to do that I will I have it done anywhere else on my back if it needs to be but I am not going to have my ear taken off it’s close to my ear but it’s not in my ear so I guess when I get to go to the dermatologist when they could get me in then I’ll find out what kind of battle for the third time in 3 1/2 years I’m going to have to fight this time when my body is already tired and I just don’t understand what I did to deserve this tired of talking about cancer I just wanna be happy and live. God bless all of you that are watching this for the same reason I am and I pray that you were able to catch it early and not have to go through any more cancer. I’ve seen so many leave their families too soon. I don’t want to be like that I am only 40 years old they told me that the first Cancer was very rare for my age and I haven’t been in the sun for at least 45 years if not more than that. But this just popped up one day and now I guess I got a pay for it. I keep praying but it is so hard to believe I’ll get through this especially how damaging it is to your organs and the fact it who knows where it will go next. I will pray for anyone that has it but many people that would be watching this video probably don’t believe in Jesus or God but I sure do and I hope that when my life is over everything I’ve learned it’s true and I’ll be able to see my sister and my grandma and so many in my family that have passed and since I rescued bully breeds for over a decade I hope every one of the dogs that I helped in someway are there as well. I spent my whole life being a mother while my husband was overseas and he now is a veteran and I truly think because of how he is and many of you may say no that won’t help but he takes a shower about once every week or two and he doesn’t brush his teeth hardly ever but guess who doesn’t have cancer, doesn’t have a cavity, is very healthy and I’m just this little 4‘11“ 95 pounds trying to fight for my life and I took baths and I did what what I was supposed to and I went to the dentist like I was supposed to until I turned 18 and then I didn’t go unless I had to and chemo made quite a few my teeth bad so they had to be taken out but I even got through that and now I sit here on YouTube trying to figure out what the dermatologist is going to tell me and I have not yet seen one that looks as bad as mine. Again if you pray please pray for me and my family and I promise I will pray for you as well.

Brilliant, thank you for presenting this in a way I can understand. You’re a born teacher.

I have the utmost respect for professionals like Dr. Fox who care for patients with skin lesions and cancers. As an older, adult male with fair skin and blue eyes, I've had experience with a number a therapies and treatments beginning in my early 20's never expecting to live to be in my 70's, and in otherwise excellent health. I've learned to pay close attention to changes in my skin, and to act on it when there's a question. Taking the utmost precaution when in the sun has paid off. And, continuing to do so may prevent me from looking like a prune or healed up hamburger when I'm in my 80's.

This was one of the most informative seminars that I’ve watched

An absolutely first-rate lecture--concise but comprehensive!

My dermatologist does a full skin check of me every 6 months. I had a melanoma years ago. I found it myself initially. It was a grade 1 thankfully.

Dr Fox gave an excellent presentation .I am in the North of England , not known for having a lot of sun and this leads many people say “Oh, it isn’t sunny here, I don’t need sunblock or sun screen.” I really hope that someone listening who can pass on photographs and information as well as Dr Fox would be wonderful, especially for older people with older , thinner skin.

What an excellent video delivered by one of the best lecturers I've ever seen, Dr. Lindsay Fox. Thank you very much.