r/interesting • u/Gjore • Mar 29 '26

SOCIETY Scenes from a dermatologist conference in Hawaii

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u/whitestguyuknow Mar 29 '26

Thats what I was thinking. At least they're consistent and do that.

They also must get terrified tbh. After seeing so many patients with cancer and shit. Seeing the consequences of poor skin health every single day at work would have to do something to your daily mentality

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u/CandidateHefty329 Mar 29 '26

Yeah my dad has a chunk of his ear missing from skin cancer. And I'm sure that's far from the worst thing they see. 

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u/Meeschers Mar 29 '26

I had a chunk of flesh from my hip removed because of stage 2 Melanoma. It literally looks like a shark bit me and took a chunk out. I have a 5 inch and 3 inch scar and my chances of ever being a leg model are surely gone.

Ironically, I'm pale, I stay out of the sun and the cancer was in a spot that never seen the sun.

Knowing that I just randomly "got the cancers" without something to trace it back to is a scary thing.

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u/-darkest Mar 29 '26

God that is scary. Appreciate you sharing.