What are the symptoms of skin cancer?

Skin cancers tend not to be too painful unless they're getting larger and larger and encroaching on a nerve.

So pain in an area is a pretty serious sign and you should definitely see your doctor. [MUSIC PLAYING]

Skin cancer symptoms can be very subtle. You might not have any symptoms. It may be a very quiet little mole that's

been growing and growing. But it'll catch your attention that something's changing with it. So that idea that something's changing

is very important, especially as an adult. We do get new spots as we age, and not every new spot

is a skin cancer. So don't be too scared about that. But do pay special attention to when something is new and growing on your skin.

Classic signs and symptoms of skin cancer could be a little itching of a certain spot. That means it might be growing.

It could bleed. For example, if a man shaves every day and the same spot bleeds, that can happen.

My patients tell me if they blow their nose, a little spot on their nose bleeds. That's a sure sign of skin cancer. So definitely show that to your doctor.

Skin cancers tend not to be too painful unless they're getting larger and larger and encroaching on a nerve.

So pain in an area is a pretty serious sign and you should definitely see your doctor. You can feel your own neck to see

if you have any bumps in there. If you feel a lymph node that's kind of firm, that's a sign of a deeper cancer and it should definitely

be checked very soon. Don't wait three months. If you can't get into your doctor right away, find a new doctor to see.

So skin cancer symptoms, again, something that's new and growing, something that's itching a little bit. Classic is something that's bleeding a bit.

And anything that gives you kind of pain in the area or lumps or bumps in the areas where you have lymph nodes are very important.