Why we should never ignore sun spots: Doctors had to remove a huge part of this man's neck

Why we should never ignore sun spots: Doctors had to remove a huge part of this man's neck
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Why we should never ignore sun spots: Doctors had to remove a huge part of this man's neck
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One father-of-two, Ryan Glossop, decided to get checked for melanoma after skin cancer took the life of his mate—and the results took Glossop on a whirlwind of a journey.

At first, Glossop developed a small mole, but that mole ended being a deadly cancerous force. He got the mole removed. Yet, despite removing the melanoma spot, the results continued showing up as “abnormal.”

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Glossop’s wife, Fallon Glossop, unravelled the situation on social media:

Ryan's boundaries kept coming back abnormal, which was then found to be a skin condition called Nevus Spillus. It's very rare for it to transition into melanoma, but in his case it did.
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She revealed that her husband underwent 40 biopsies and four surgeries! And that “Ryan had a skin graft, removing skin from both legs to cover section on his neck and back”. Scary stuff, right?

The father-of-two claims that he never imagined he would getskin cancer. As a kid, he was almost freckle-free! However, over the last few years, he started to get more spots and more freckles.

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Ultimately, Mr Glossop hopes that his story will encourage people to get checked for skin cancer! What signs can you look out for? Tune into our video to find out!

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