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I’m 52 and thought I was too old for zits – but squeezing it led to the discovery I had cancer
A woman who thought she just had a pimple on her nose has been diagnosed with skin cancer.
Michelle Davis, 52, spotted the red bump in April 2022 and thought it was just a spot until it became “really sore,” she said.
Michelle Davis, 52, thought a bump that appeared on the tip of her nose was nothing more than a stubborn pimple[/caption]
But after she went to a doctor to have it addressed, Davis was told the bump was skin cancer and that she would have to undergo surgery[/caption]
The pimple would flare up and down, she said, but Davis went to see a doctor after she squeezed it and it wouldn’t stop bleeding.
The doctor immediately thought it was cancer.
Following a biopsy, Davis was diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma – a common form of skin cancer.
She underwent surgery to cut the cancer out and had the skin of her nose stretched to cover the remaining hole.
Now, Davis is recovering from the surgery and won’t need further treatment.
The account manager, from Orewa, New Zealand, said: “I thought ‘what am I doing getting a pimple at 52’.
“It will go away – I kept telling myself.
“It would flare up and go back down.
“I remember squeezing it and nothing coming out.
“Then it bled and bled and bled – for like a week.
“I was in shock when I found out. I had never heard of basal cell carcinoma.”
Davis first spotted the “pimple” a year ago and would spent time covering it up with concealer.
“It was really hard,” she said.
“Like a volcano under the skin.
“I went walking with my girlfriend and it went purple and she pointed it out.
“I said ‘it’s just a pimple.’
“I was in denial.”
Davis said the spot became “really sore” by January and she tried to squeeze it.
She said: “Nothing happened.
“Then it bled and bled.
“I thought ‘that’s not normal.’”
Davis went to her doctor in February and was told it looked like skin cancer.
A biopsy confirmed she had basal cell carcinoma and she was told she would need surgery to remove the cancer.
Last month, Davis underwent a nasal flap reconstruction at Ormiston Hospital in to remove the cancer and pull the nose skin over the hole.
She said: “They cut up my nose in a zig zag. They cut out a crater. There was a hole in the end of my nose.
“They then bring the skin down to cover it.”
Davis was left with scaring and different shaped nostrils but said it is healing well.
She said: “It’s still healing.
“My nostrils are different shapes because they stretched the skin.
“The scar tissue is hard. The nerves are numb.
“Some people end up losing their nose so thank goodness.”
Davis will be monitored once a year as she said she can be more prone to skin cancer now she has had it once.
She wants to raise awareness of the symptoms so other people can go get it checked out.
“If I’d kept ignoring it, it would have got way bigger.
“I might have got to the stage where they couldn’t cut it out.
“I honestly thought it was a pimple.
“I thought skin cancer was a mole.
“Skin block wasn’t a thing when I was growing up.
“Now it’s in my day to day skin care.”
Davis has had her stitches out and is now looking after her skin and upping her collagen in take to help with scarring.
She said: “At first I thought I’m 52 and single, now I’m going to have this hideous nose.
“But it’s been quite empowering.
“It’s only skin deep. It’s what’s on the inside that counts.”
During the procedure, Davis had a piece of skin stretched over the hole in her nose after the cancer was removed[/caption]
These days, Davis said she makes sure to apply sunscreen every single day to avoid another skin cancer scare[/caption]
I’m 52 – women should wear whatever makes them happy no matter their age – including crop tops
A 52-YEAR-OLD woman doesn’t care what trolls have to say about what she wears.
She said she’s going to keep wearing what makes her happy, even if they’re crop tops.
Luisa (@thesilverlining_1970) shared her message and outfits in a video with over 200,000 TikTok followers.
The model shared some styling advice: “My top fashion over 50 tip,” she said, sitting in a black leather corset top.
Over a reel of various outfits including sweaters, sparkly blazers, a tiger print jumpsuit, a pink ballgown, and even a crop top, she revealed her secret.
“Wear whatever makes you happy… and ditch the rules,” she said with the hashtag #agepositive, strutting in a neon pink crop top and matching pants.
People took to the comments to share their thoughts.
Some thought she was aging incredibly gracefully.
“LOVE how your hair turned out,” said one commenter.
“On my 4th month of going gray & excited of the journey.”
Others were obsessed with how good she looked.
“Wooowww you look absolutely beautiful!” said one admirer.
“Fabulous fabulous fabulous I’d wear sequins to bed if I could,” said another.
Some even took their chance to shoot their shot: “Come on, come to Bologna, I’ll kick my wife out of the house and I’ll make you tortellini,” joked one commenter.
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I’m a 5’2 ‘Persian goddess’ with big boobs – everyone always thinks an A-list actress is my sister as I’m ‘so beautiful’
A SELF-proclaimed “Persian goddess” shares a striking similarity with an A-list actress to the point that people think they’re actually related.
TikTok users are always trying to find their celebrity doppelgängers, asking their followers to let them know which famous face they resemble.
Everyone tells Arabella Lie that she looks just like Megan Fox[/caption]
The two women share striking similarities due to their features[/caption]
Arabella Lie (@the_arabellalie) doesn’t need anyone to tell her which actress she resembles as her more than 28,000 followers let her know every day.
With her long, brunette hair and striking eyes, it would be easy to confuse Arabella with Megan Fox.
“Everybody tells me I look like Megan Fox’s sister,” Arabella wrote in the caption of a recent TikTok.
The short video featured Arabella in a white strapless mini dress as she posed for the camera.
“Probably because I am her sister,” she joked, laughing before the video ended.
She asked her followers their thoughts on the supposed similarity and many were quick to agree.
“There is a definite likeness,” wrote one person.
“Effortless,” wrote another person.
Others complimented Arabella’s beauty.
“Very beautiful,” wrote one person.
Another called her a “gorgeous girl.”
“Love the white dress!” wrote a third person.
Arabella doesn’t seem to mind the comparison[/caption]
She even jokes that the two are sisters[/caption]
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