Melanoma: Life After Treatment

by American Academy of Dermatology

This resource discusses the importance of lifelong follow-up after you’ve had melanoma. It discusses self-care, which includes skin self-exams and protecting your skin from the sun and UV rays. It explains why melanoma returns, where melanoma returns, when it returns, and what the best defense is to lower your risk from getting another melanoma. It further details how to perform a skin self-exam and how to check your skin for new spots or spots that are changing, itching or bleeding.