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Have a red thing comin up on my for head is it skin cancer and it is starting to hurt work in sun all day and my grandpa also has had it
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Skin cancer: It sounds as if this may be a type of skin cancer, likely a squamous cell or basal cell carcinoma, but it could also be a melanoma. Please see your doctor or a dermatologist to have it looked at and possibly biopsied or removed entirely.
Answered 3/26/2013
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