WEBVTT - MINI! Britt's very real reminder for Australians to get a skin check

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<v Speaker 1>It's the Pickup Thursday afternoon with britt Laura mitch Here

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<v Speaker 1>heading the Chemists Warehouse today. Great savings every day.

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<v Speaker 2>Guys. I want to talk to you about something a

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<v Speaker 2>bit more serious today, but it's very important, so bear

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<v Speaker 2>with me. Over the next week, you are going to

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<v Speaker 2>witness something on my face that is going to be

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<v Speaker 2>quite disturbing. So I went and got a skin check

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<v Speaker 2>a couple of weeks ago, probably two weeks ago, now

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<v Speaker 2>three weeks ago. I had three spots on my face

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<v Speaker 2>that I was a bit worried about, and I've been

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<v Speaker 2>really lazy with it, really putting it off. But I

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<v Speaker 2>thought enough's enough. I saw a young person in Australia

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<v Speaker 2>just on the news, I saw them pass away from melanoma,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's what scared me enough to say I'm going

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<v Speaker 2>to do it now. I'm glad I did because the

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<v Speaker 2>three spots that I have was worried about turns out

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<v Speaker 2>to be something called solar keratosis, which isn't exactly rare,

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<v Speaker 2>it can be quite common. It is not yet cancer,

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<v Speaker 2>but it turns into cancer, so it's it's called pre cancer.

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<v Speaker 3>And looking at your skin, okay, your skin looks pretty perfect.

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<v Speaker 3>To me, you would never have looked at your face

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<v Speaker 3>and thought, oh, that's something checked out.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, this is the worrying thing. I will say. I

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<v Speaker 2>have really great skin. I've never had to suffer with

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<v Speaker 2>bad skin. It's always been really great. It looks on

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<v Speaker 2>the outside like it's great quality. But this is the

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<v Speaker 2>thing that doesn't mean anything. So I've got these three

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<v Speaker 2>spots that are pre cancerous. If left, will turn into

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<v Speaker 2>skin care. So we'll turn into something called SCC, which

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<v Speaker 2>is squamous cell carcinoma, which is a nasty skin care.

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<v Speaker 1>So what's the treatment? They cut them out? What do

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<v Speaker 1>you do from here?

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<v Speaker 2>No? So the treatment is you have to order a

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<v Speaker 2>cytotoxic cream. I had to order it from another state.

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<v Speaker 2>Now you cannot touch this cream without gloves. It cannot

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<v Speaker 2>touch anything. Anything it touches. You have to double bag

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<v Speaker 2>in a plastic bag. You can't even put it in

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<v Speaker 2>the rubbish bin. You have to take it to a

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<v Speaker 2>chemist to disclose of it. It's cytotoxic.

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<v Speaker 3>You've got to put it on your face.

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<v Speaker 2>So I have to put it on my entire face

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<v Speaker 2>so you can't tell. Now I'm three days in. I've

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<v Speaker 2>been using it for three days but it takes about

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<v Speaker 2>three weeks and in a couple of days it's going

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<v Speaker 2>to kick in. But what it's going to do to

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<v Speaker 2>my face is essentially it kills all the skin, kills

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<v Speaker 2>everything around. It stops the bad skin cancer cells from duplicating,

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<v Speaker 2>which is very important. But I will my face could

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<v Speaker 2>potentially turn into one giant, huge, red, weeping scabs.

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<v Speaker 3>We're going to be off the cameras when that, I mean,

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<v Speaker 3>like looking at your skin now, I know I say,

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<v Speaker 3>I would never look at your skin and think that

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<v Speaker 3>there was something wrong with it. But it's not like

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<v Speaker 3>you have moles, you know. I think traditionally you think, oh,

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<v Speaker 3>skin cancer, it's from a rogue mole that's changed color

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<v Speaker 3>and size. No, I don't have any moles in your face.

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<v Speaker 2>Nope, I have three. You know what it was? I

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<v Speaker 2>have three areas that when a little bit darker, they

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<v Speaker 2>were almost like a freckly area. They went a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit darker and a little bit drier, so that I

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<v Speaker 2>had quite dry skin. But these parts were particularly dry

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<v Speaker 2>and nothing would get rid of it. I would go

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<v Speaker 2>and get the deepest, most hydrating lotions. I would get

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<v Speaker 2>lasers on my face for like regeneration. Nothing would touch

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<v Speaker 2>these three spots. And that's when I thought, something doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>seem right.

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<v Speaker 1>You know what's crazy. I don't know about you, but

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<v Speaker 1>I haven't had a skin check in i'd say five years.

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<v Speaker 1>It's been five.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that's crazy to me.

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<v Speaker 3>I feel ashamed to say this. I've not been had

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<v Speaker 3>a skin check in ten years, in a decade. I

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<v Speaker 3>was twenty seven the last time I got it checked

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<v Speaker 3>because I remember who I was dating at the time.

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<v Speaker 2>This is really scary. So Australia has the most the

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<v Speaker 2>high rated skin cancer in the world. One in fourteen

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<v Speaker 2>men and one in twenty five women will have melanoma

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<v Speaker 2>in their lifetime. Now that is scary. One in fourteen men,

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<v Speaker 2>one in twenty five women, and it's the third most

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<v Speaker 2>common yeah type of cancer in Australia.

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<v Speaker 3>I wonder if men are more predisposed because traditionally men

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<v Speaker 3>have more outside jobs, you know, they're like a laborers,

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<v Speaker 3>or maybe they're exposed to the sun a bit more.

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<v Speaker 3>But I genuinely do I feel embarrassed to say ten

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<v Speaker 3>years it's been.

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<v Speaker 1>I have spots as well, guys, that I mean, I'm freckly,

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<v Speaker 1>I've got actual spots that I am worried about, and

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<v Speaker 1>I've just put it off because you think the mentality

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<v Speaker 1>is it's not gonna happen to me. They'll cut it

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<v Speaker 1>out if I need to.

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<v Speaker 2>Have gone, because this is ridiculous.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay. One of the reasons why I haven't gone is

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<v Speaker 3>because because I think when you feel healthy, when you

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<v Speaker 3>think you're healthy and you can't like nothing. I haven't

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<v Speaker 3>never seen a spot that's changed. I've never had anything

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<v Speaker 3>that I feel overly worried about, and so when you're busy,

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<v Speaker 3>it's just one of those back in mind things.

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<v Speaker 2>You go, I'll go next year, not a prior.

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<v Speaker 3>I'll make another booking. I think I made a booking

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<v Speaker 3>once and then I had to cancel it. Just never rebooked.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I made a booking once and she's like, you

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<v Speaker 1>do realize you have to get naked, and I just

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<v Speaker 1>ghosted her. Didn't turn up all right? Everyone, Well, brit

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<v Speaker 1>we're glad you're okay. All right, next on the show,

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<v Speaker 1>and we've all had few through our neighbors. You will

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<v Speaker 1>never believe how bad this feud between two neighbors in

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<v Speaker 1>the UK is gotten. I'll tell you all about it

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<v Speaker 1>next on the pickup