05/14/2026
🧡 May is skin cancer awareness month 💛
More than 250,000 new cases of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) are diagnosed every year. SCC may occur on any part of the body but are most common in areas frequently exposed to the sun, such as the rim of the ear, lower lip, face, bald scalp, neck, hands, arms and legs.
What it looks like:
• A scaly red patch with irregular borders that sometimes crusts or bleeds.
• Often look like a wart and sometimes appear as open sores with a raised border and a crusted surface over an elevated bumpy base.
• An elevated growth with a central indentation that occasionally bleeds.
How Thermography can help:
• Cancer cells have a high metabolic rate and increased blood flow in the surrounding area, resulting in higher temperatures, which the camera detects.
• Whether visible to the eye or still festering below the skin, thermography can address cellular dysfunction such as squamous cell carcinoma through changes in skin temperature.