“I have always had clear skin so I did think that the spot was slightly unusual,” she said. “I assumed it was a blackhead or a weird type of adult acne, as I hadn’t seen anything like that before.

It didn’t take Kari long to realize that there was something peculiar about this spot, it just wouldn’t go away. So the 35-year-old mom decided to book an appointment with a dermatologist but wasn’t expecting this shocking outcome.

As it turned out, despite the deceptive appearance of having clear and healthy skin, what Kari had subjected her skin to after years of using tanning beds was slowly killing her. “I have fair skin, and I did use tanning beds in my twenties and early thirties to get a base tan before going on holiday,” Kari explained.

As any doctor will advise, anyone with very fair skin who lives in a sunny climate should take proper precautions when it comes to their skin. However, Kari, who lives in California, was intentionally subjecting herself to superficial UV rays and in doing so, was inflicting her body with a pernicious growth of cancerous cells.

“I wasn’t a frequent user, and only used them occasionally, but I’ve learned that it doesn’t take much for the UV rays to accelerate the growth of the carcinoma, especially if you have fair skin.”

Kari realized she would be shooting herself in the foot if she didn’t have the mark on her chin checked out by professionals. Especially as she had urged her own mother to visit a skin specialist when she had some worrying symptoms of her own.

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