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The 3 types of skin cancer that are very prevalent in the United States, well across the world,
is Basal Cell Carcinoma. Another one called Squamous Cell Carcinoma and the worst of the
3 is Melanoma. That is the killer. Here's a picture of a Basal Cell Carcinoma. Notice
that it's pearly, shiny, it's translucent, and it's often covered with what we call in
medical terminology telangiectasia, which is basically these little fine lines. You
see fine lines. Notice also how you can distinguish between the 2 other types of skin cancer is
the border. Look at the border. See how it's rolled up on the borders, and then it's sort
of an indent in the middle. Basal Cell Carcinoma, what it does is it destroys near by tissues
and ultimately it causes the this figment for the person. It's not as malignant. It's
very slow growth. In other words, by the time that you get diagnosed of Basa Cell Carcinoma,
you can still have a way to cure and biopsy it out and excise it. You'll get a scar but
it's not going to kill you. So that's Basa Cell Carcinoma. The next one is Squamous Cell
Carcinoma, and here we see a picture of one. It's on top of someone's head. You notice
that Squamous Cell Carcinoma appears very different. One of the differences is the crusting.
See you see crusting and you see alterations of this cancer. This cancer is also slow growing.
It’s smooth and it has a lot of red blotches. It's bloody, so bloody red blotches and crusting.
That is the signature that you'll see and it differentiates between Basal Cell and the
other that's the killer, the Melanoma. And this one also causes destroying other near
by tissues. As it grows, it keeps destroying tissues and causes disfigurement. It's not
a killer per say because it's also very slow growing. If you diagnose it earlier, you can
have it removed. You'll end up with a scar, but it's not going to kill you.