Scalp care: A forgotten basic of skin care

Symptoms:

• Flesh-coloured, waxy, or “pearly” bump with fine pink or red lines.
• Flat lesion on the skin.
• A sore that doesn’t heal or keeps coming back.
• Scaly, pink or red patch with fine lines.
• Scar-like patch on the skin.

Symptoms:

• Open sore on the skin.
• Firm, red bump that grows rapidly, often with a sore or indented spot in the middle.
• Thick, scaly, crusted, or “warty” patch.

Symptoms:

• Large brown spot that may look like a mole.
• Mole that changes size, colour, itches, or bleeds.
• Blotchy with uneven borders.
• Flat or slightly raised.
• Colours can be blue, black, tan, brown, or dark brown. Some melanomas may be clear or pink.