It’s a common thinking about skin cancer that it appears on the sun exposed areas of the skin, like face, scalp, lips, ears, neck, chest, arms and hands. But a lot of cases are reported with skin cancer, on the skin parts which are rarely exposed to the sun, palms, beneath finger nails, spaces between the toes or under the toe nails, and genital area. Moreover, skin complexion may very in case to case.

The appearance of symptoms depends on the type of skin cancer. In some types, it gradually developed and slowly showed itself while in other it can be appeared suddenly.

The symptoms, according to the type of skin cancer, have been mentioned as below;

Basal Cell Carcinoma

The most common type that does not metastasize is Basal Cell Carcinoma. It showed up itself in one of the of following symptoms;

• A translucent or waxy bump on the face, ears or neck
• Appearance of flat and scar like lesions, having brown or flesh like color, on the chest and back
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