Woman with facial skin cancer uses social media to 'show how bad it can get'

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'Even though my face looked horrendous, I've done a lot of videos at all the different stages because I really want to show people how bad my face could get.'

In 2018, Deirdre Bonass first got diagnosed with Basal cell carcinoma – the most common form of skin cancer and the most frequently occurring form of all cancers.

"It was only when I read into and looked into the chemotherapy cream that it hit home – how bad the next couple of weeks are going to be"."A crustiness or a scab would appear – that will come up then and it would be up for about a week, or 10 days," she said."That's when people would notice something."

"Even though my face looked horrendous, I've done a lot of videos of my face at all the different stages because I was really wanting to show people how bad my face could get and send out skin cancer awareness."The Irish Cancer Society Director of Advocacy Rachel Morrow said cases like Ms Bonass' show the importance of prevention tools like sun cream.

 

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