My skin cancer selfies could be a lot worse. I know that. At the same time it could be not at all. If I hadn't spent all those years tanning. If I hadn't neglected the use of sunscreen. If I hadn't… But I did. Now I'm left with all the repercussions and the fact that...
Deep breath in. Okay I'm ready. Hi. My name is Tara and I have skin cancer that is called basal cell carcinoma. Whoa. That was scary hearing myself say that out loud. But I needed to say it. To hear myself say it. Skin cancer is a scary couple of words and eyelid basal cell...
I just had a birthday earlier this month and now I'm 43! Where does the time seriously go? With age comes the need to protect the skin under the eyes. It's one of the first places to start showing age so finding the right eye cream is definitely a necessity early on. The Right Eye...
Do you have a cruise for Spring Break? How about a US beach trip coming up? Even though it's not quite summer the temperatures are heating up and swim season will be here before you know it. Don't put off swimsuit shopping too much longer. The time is now to get those stylish modest swimsuits. I...
Deep breath in... I have celiac disease. (Said super fast and almost unrecognizable.) There. I said it. Out loud. Well kind of out loud. But I said it. This admission has taken a while to be forthcoming with publicly. A few people know and it has slowly been coming out, but for the most part I've...
Dressing modestly is a struggle. Not because I struggle with the idea of it but I struggle with being able to find clothing that is modest. Why must it be so difficult? Seriously. A little more cloth never hurt anyone. Is it too much to ask to have some options? Apparently so. The struggle? It's...
I know that from this blog posting title you are totally expecting to find out exactly how to hide a facial scar. Well I'm sorry to be a tease but that's not exactly what this posting is about. What I'm going to tell you is that if YOU get skin cancer on your face then...
I'm feeling nervous about this Mohs thing. It's only a week away. When I was first diagnosed with skin cancer I didn't think too much into it. Don't get my wrong. At first I was devastated and scared out of my mind. Then I was okay with it. Then I was stressed by the words "disfiguring"...
When I was diagnosed with lower eyelid basal cell carcinoma I was shocked. So very shocked. Mostly because the doctor and I had both known about the spot on my lower eyelid for a while. It was just this skin color spot. Nothing to be concerned about. Probably a sebaceous cyst the doctor had said last...