Regular checks give you a good chance of spotting the signs of sun damage before they become serious
- Regular checks will help you get to know your own skin and gain a greater understanding of what is normal on your skin and what is not, which will help you in identifying any new or changing areas of your skin
- Extremely important for those with a higher risk of getting skin cancer (people with reduced immunity, people who have had skin cancer before, and people with a strong family history of skin cancer) to be checked regularly to avoid any cancerous spots
- Cancer can appear on parts of the body which are not exposed to the sun, so checking these regularly is also very important
- Detecting sun spots early means potentially avoiding cancer
- Sun spots and skin cancers that are identified and treated early have a better outcome than most other types of cancer
