2024-01-04 21:22:18
The actress Teddi Mellencamp42 years old, famous for her participation in the reality show “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills”, bravely shared the shocking scar that was left after undergoing surgery to fight skin cancer that he suffers from, where part of his shoulder was cut off in his fight against this disease.
What happened to actress Teddi Mellencamp?
Through her Instagram account, the actress revealed the details about her ‘wide incision melanoma’, the surgical procedure he underwent to win the battle against skin cancerhis thirteenth melanoma diagnosed in September last year, which left a considerable scar on his upper back.
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“The surgery went well! They basically cut out my shoulder area and replaced it with a layer of skin from below on my back, but the pain and discomfort is worth it… Please check your skin. “I promise you, you don’t want to go through this.” the actress wrote on social networks.
Why is a wide incision melanoma performed?
And wide incision melanoma, also know as wide excision or widening of the margin, is a surgical procedure performed to treat melanoma, a type of skin cancer which originates in pigment-producing cells called melanocytes.
According to information from the National Library of Medicinethe main purpose of carrying out a wide incision melanoma is to completely eliminate this type of skin cancer to reduce the chance that cancer cells will spread to other parts of the body, making metastasis. However, the scar it leaves behind is prominent.
Photo: Instagram @teddimellencamp
By removing the melanoma in its initial stage, The chance of cancer cells spreading through the lymph system or bloodstream to other parts of the body is reduced. This is crucial to prevent a metastasiswhich can be difficult to treat and life-threatening.
Although this procedure keeps the person sore actress Teddi Mellencampshe has tried to take the situation with humor and even jokes when looking for shapes on her enormous scar: “Someone just messaged me saying my scar looks like a whale swallowing bubbles and it made me laugh… I’m not very artistic, so I see a Z, and you, what do you see?” he shared on his Instagram account.
Photo: Instagram @teddimellencamp
It was in October 2022 when the actress was diagnosed with stage II melanoma. However, although this type of skin cancer, It continues to affect her body, so she has had to undergo more aggressive treatments in the hope of winning the battle against this terrible disease.
What is stage II melanoma like?
Identify the melanoma In time the probability of survival increases, therefore, it is important that you go to your doctor in case of any anomaly. The stage II melanomas They are characterized by two fundamental elements: the thickness of the tumor and the presence of ulceration.
Tumor thickness, also known as Breslow depth, indicates how far the tumor has penetrated. skin tumor and is measured in millimeters (mm).
1 mm is less than 1/16 of an inch. 2 mm is between 1/16 and 1/8 of an inch. 4 mm is between 1/8 and 1/4 of an inch.
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On the other hand, ulceration refers to the lack of integrity in the epidermis, the top layer of the skin, which covers a part of the primary melanoma. Ulceration can only be detected using a microscope and is not visible to the naked eye.
Now that you know why actress Teddi Mellencamp showed the scar what his most recent surgery against stage II melanoma. Listen to your body more!
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