A 27-year-old mother-of-one who was diagnosed with terminal skin cancer after ignoring a ‘suspicious’ mole for three years has issued a warning to others to get their skin checked before it is too late.
Kassidy Pierson, from Minnesota, has been candidly documenting her battle against melanoma in a series of viral TikToks, where she tearfully revealed the moment that she learned her cancer was terminal, before sharing an image of the mole on her inner thigh that first sparked her battle with the disease.
‘This is what my mole looked like,’ Kassidy said in a recent video, revealing a photo of the large, dark mole on the inside of her leg and explaining that she first began noticing ‘changes’ to it when she was 18.
The Eastern Shore has one of the highest instances of melanoma in the nation. Awareness should begin early and be a part of health education in schools.
Maybe the vaccine would help.