I could send you some pics of my dad before and after his surgery for squamous cell carcinoma... he was a farmer all his life, and never wore sunscreen. He ended up having Moh's surgery and an Abbe Flap procedure this past January and is still regaining feeling in his upper lip area that they had to do plastic surgery on. He lost his entire upper lip from the corners of his mouth, up to the bottom of his nose. They had to flap skin from his chin to fashion an upper lip area for him. He was lucky he didn't lose his upper palate or his nose. He still had to put a cream on his face after the surgery to kill all the precancerous cells.. it was technically chemotherapy in a tube. His skin had to bubble and cook off and get fresh skin underneath. It was absolutely horrible to look at, and I imagine it hurt just as bad.
If she wants a wake up call, just let me know, and I'll send you some pics. It scared me enough that I NEVER go without sunscreen, even in the winter.





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