In New Zealand, a 52-year-old account manager named Michelle Davis first saw a zit on her nose and neglected it. ''I thought, ‘What am I doing getting a pimple at 52?'” she told SWNS. ''It will go away, I kept telling myself.''
In the hope that it would ultimately go away, she spent months concealing the bump with concealer. But in April 2023, Ms. Davis tried to squeeze it because the area had grown ''really sore'' and felt ''like a volcano under the skin”. Like various others, she attempted to pinch the pimple, but it started bleeding.
'Nothing happened,'' she said. ''Then it bled and bled.''
As soon as she realized something was severely wrong, she went to the doctor and was given the diagnosis of basal cell carcinoma, a form of skin cancer that frequently appears on parts of the body exposed to sunlight, according to the Mayo Clinic.
After that, she had a nasal flap surgery that took the cancerous cells out of her nose. 'They cut up my nose in a zig-zag. They cut out a crater. There was a hole at the end of my nose,'' Ms Davis said.
She specified that the skin used to conceal the incision was taken from the part of her nose that was unaffected by it
She is grateful that her entire nose was not amputated despite the fact that the procedure left her with nostrils of unequal sizes. Due to her increased risk of getting skin cancer once more, she is now checked every month. She hopes that by sharing her experience, other people may be inspired to visit a doctor if they notice any weird pimples or blemishes.
She also said how using sunscreen is now a crucial part of her everyday schedule.
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