Make Time For Your Mole Check

May is skin cancer awareness month and it’s the perfect time to schedule in that skin exam. A skin exam is an important tool. It offers opportunities for doctors to take note of any skin changes as well to identify any atypical moles or spots for removal. It offers the chance to ask questions and see if you’re doing all the right things for optimum skin health. If you’ve never had one performed, getting one is a good idea so you can also establish a baseline.

A proper skin exam should be performed by a board certified dermatologist. If you don’t have one, ask your primary doctor or internist for a referral.

Other noteworthy news, the Skin Cancer Foundation is conducting its 7^th year of their ‘Road to Healthy Skin Tour.’ Making stops across the nation, local volunteer dermatologists offer free skin cancer screenings to the public. To learn more about the tour and its stops, check out http://www.skincancer.org/events/tour.

Because its skin cancer awareness month, many medical centers offer free skin cancer screenings in the month of May. To inquire, contact your local university based medical center dermatology department.

If you live in the NY metro area, here are a few places offering free skin cancer screenings on a walk in basis:

NYU Dermatology Associates

Thursday, May 15, 2014, 1:30pm-4pm

240 East 38^th street

12^th floor

Between 2^nd / 3^rd avenues

New York, NY 10016

212 263 5015

Mt. Sinai Hospital Dermatology @ Beth Israel

Saturday, May 31, 2014, 10am-2pm

10 Union Square

New York, NY 10003