Skin Cancer On Leg Signs

A flat red spot that is scaly and crusty.

Skin cancer on leg signs. Merkel cell carcinoma is a rare aggressive skin cancer. For example the face lips scalp ears and chest are all common areas for skin cancer to grow. A firm red lump or may look sunken in the middle. Signs of squamous cell carcinomas squamous cell carcinomas sccs or tumors developing from squamous cell cancers may show up as lumps that grow slowly over time or may look like reddish patches on the skin that also get larger.

The most common places for scc to form are on the arms legs face ears and lips. Feel itchy and bleed sometimes. A pale non healing scar. It appears as a painless flesh colored or bluish red nodule growing on your skin.

A pearly brown or black lump if you have darker skin. Bccs may appear as. It can affect people of all skin tones including those with dark complexions. Skin cancer develops primarily on areas of sun exposed skin including the scalp face lips ears neck chest arms and hands and on the legs in women.

Unusual moles sores lumps blemishes markings or changes in the way an area of the skin looks or feels may be a sign of melanoma or another type of skin cancer or a warning that it might occur.