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What Are The Symptoms Of Skin Cancer?

I shave my head, and had sun poisoning on my scalp last year to where I had blisters, clear-to-yellow pus, and a thick layer of skin die and peel gradually from front to back. Does this almost surely destine me to get skin cancer on my scalp later in life? On a side note, my grandfather has been battling skin cancer on the top of his head/forehead for the past 3 years of so. p.s. Not sure that is matters at all, but I also had sun poising across my shoulders about 14 years ago, which actually resulted in blisters, pus, and bleeding. Thank you, Jeff
Wed, 6 Sep 2017
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You probably have Photosensitivity. And one cannot for sure say if you will get cancer or not. It is not necessary that you will. But please do stay away from sun since it looks like you have Photosensitivity. Use sunscreen of good quality.
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What Are The Symptoms Of Skin Cancer?

You probably have Photosensitivity. And one cannot for sure say if you will get cancer or not. It is not necessary that you will. But please do stay away from sun since it looks like you have Photosensitivity. Use sunscreen of good quality.