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After a bad sun burn i now have a brown spot on my hand that seems to be sensitive..the burn was a few weeks ago.. i'm 50 years old..cancer runs very high in my family?

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Dr. Farrah Ahmad answered

Dermatologist: Hi, if you have high risk of skin cancer, and you have multiple spots not healing, preferably go see a dermatologist. If the lesions look suspicious they might do a biopsy.

Answered 8/4/2015

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A member asked:

After a bad sun burn i now have a brown spot on my hand that seems to be sensitive..the burn was a few weeks ago.. i'm 50 years old..cancer runs very high in my family?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Farrah Ahmad answered

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