It is always easier to deal with skin trouble whilst the problem is small than to allow it to get bigger. 2. seek medical advice early rather than late if you have significant skin changes. The great majority of these lesions do not spread anywhere else and can be treated on the skin surface relatively easily. They are related to sunshine exposure and therefore typically occur on the face and other areas of the body exposed to sunshine. They usually progress and enlarge only very slowly.
Treatment is by surgical removal if possible.
Other types of treatment include freezing the skin or treating the skin with X-rays. These occur on sunshine exposed areas and are related to outdoor exposure. Unlike basal cell carcinomas which are often smooth and domed, squamous cell carcinomas are usually scaly and more irregular. These are scaley patches of different sizes appearing on skin which has been exposed to excess sunshine. A number of them - if left untreated will progress into squamous cell carcinomas.