Re: Is 60 the new 40????

Mermaid22 · ‎05-03-2016

@Phantom41 wrote:
@Mermaid22 wrote:
62 with eye makeup and lipstick ! ! I had melanoma removed with a skin and muscle flap surgery done on my right cheek in March 2016. Plastic surgeon did a wonderful reconstruction on the area which was the size of a half dollar after the removal. I had a z shaped scar from the bottom of my ear , across and under my eye and down the front of my cheek. Happy to be 62 and healthy!!
You look fantastic!

Thank you very much! I do regret the amount of time I spent in the the sun. I had my first basal cell skin cancer at age 36. I have stayed out of the sun and wear sunblock every day. However, I have had multiple skin cancers basal, squamous over the years on my body, and then the melanoma which was on my face like I said. This past October 2016, seven months after that surgery I had a squamous cell removed directly under my right eye inches away from the first surgery.It was so strange, I had a small red pimple that virtually showed up over night! Within a week it had gotten much larger. I went to my doctor and she did the biopsy. Literally 2 different skin cancers on my face within 7 months. I underwent MOHS surgery for that . The scar is about a half inch long. I feel like the girl in the nightmare before Christmas movie! Thank goodness that healed well... years of sun damage can take many years to show up! I take each day as it comes and enjoy my life. It's very scary to have reconstructive surgery especially on the face. Thank goodness for my amazing surgeons. Hopefully I'm done!!!