Sometimes people from show business are seen as perfect and untouchable beings, although in reality they are people equal to the rest of the population. Therefore, your risk of suffering from any disease or condition is the same. In that vein, there are several celebrities who have been diagnosed with skin cancer at some point in his career. While some managed to overcome the problem with medical treatment, in others it was fatal.
The variety of diseases that exist is infinite, but while some show a downward trend, the opposite occurs with others. Among those that are becoming more numerous is melanoma, which has become one of the most common types of skin cancer among young people.
In this regard, one of the main problems is that the majority of the population completely neglects the care of your skin. It is quite serious considering that it is the largest organ in the human body. In addition, there is also no adequate culture of going to preventive consultations with the dermatologist.
The most common type of skin cancer
To get an idea of the problem, every year they register more than 320 thousand new cases and more than 57 thousand deaths from melanoma in the world. Therefore, it is considered the most aggressive form of skin cancer and occurs due to mutations in the melanin-producing cells that give color to this organ.
However, it is not the only type of tumor that can be generated in this organ because there are others that can also develop. Some aspects such as ultraviolet radiation (UVR) accumulated during childhood and adolescence increase the risk. This is due to frequent sunburns and the use of tanning beds in the first two decades of life, which is when 50 to 80% of skin photodamage occurs.
Everyone is at risk
In that sense, within celebrities who have been diagnosed with skin cancer is the singer Bob Marley. The greatest emblem of reggae in the world had acral lentiginous melanoma, a form of melanoma, on the first toe of his right foot. Despite his illness, she continued with his professional life and never started medical treatment. As a consequence, he passed away in 1981 when he was just 36 years old.
On the other hand, a more recent case is that of actor Hugh Jackman. In November 2013 he disclosed that he had a basal cell carcinoma of the nose, a mild form of skin cancer.
Although this type of tumor does not pose a fatal risk, it is necessary to receive immediate medical attention to avoid risk. Since then the histrion has undergone surgery six times and after a long process he finally managed to overcome the disease.
In this list of celebrities diagnosed with skin cancer there is also the actor and filmmaker Clint Eastwood. In his case, it was detected when he was 35 years old and the main reason was the constant exposure to sunlight that he suffered due to his work.
From then on, he limited his participation in the films of the old west and began with medical treatment. In this way he managed to eradicate the tumor from his body and has continued with his life without major complications.