Skin Checks
Skin check services for melanoma and skin cancers
New Zealand has one of the highest rates of skin cancers and melanomas in the world. As such, we advise getting your skin checked annually. We can undertake skin checks as part of annual check-ups but please let us know straight away if you have a skin concern.
How to assess a skin cancer concern
Melanoma is the most aggressive of all skin cancers and is therefore the one to keep an eye out for.
How to check your skin
The 'ABCDE' of melanoma is an acronym designed to help you identify features in a skin lesion that may suggest an early stage melanoma. If you notice any of these features in your skin, we encourage you to make a skin check appointment as soon as possible.
Asymmetry
Border irregularity
Colour variability/Change
Different
Evolving
There’s also the ‘EFG’ of melanoma:
Elevated
Firm
Growing
For more detail, we recommend this webpage: