Can A Pimple Be Cancer. Basal cell carcinoma is the most common type of skin cancer. Melanoma SCC and BCC says Erum Ilyas MD a board certified dermatologist who performs adult and pediatric medical dermatology cosmetic.
The main difference to note is that these bumps will not feel soft like a pimple but rather will be firm or hard to the touch. Nodular melanoma is a type of skin cancer. While basal cell carcinoma can also resemble a pimple or a blemish they dont behave like one.
Melanoma SCC and BCC says Erum Ilyas MD a board certified dermatologist who performs adult and pediatric medical dermatology cosmetic.
Most often presenting as a small slightly transparent bump nodular BCC that does not resolve this kind of cancer usually although not always appears on sun-damaged skin of the head neck and trunk and affects more than 4 million Americans each year over decades of ultraviolet UV exposure from the sun. Your first thought might be cancer but it could be just a benign cyst. Skin Cancer Foundation T heres nothing unusual about having a pimple. A melanoma pimple will typically present itself as a firm red brown or skin-colored bump that many doctors may misdiagnose as a pimple or harmless blemish.
