WEBVTT - MINI: Britt chats about the importance of getting your skin checked regularly

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, I have a bit of an update for you

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<v Speaker 2>on well.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't want to say a health condition, but I

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<v Speaker 3>guess it is in a way a health condition. But

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<v Speaker 3>I think it's a really important PSA for literally everybody

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<v Speaker 3>listening right now. Like if you guys have been following

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<v Speaker 3>along with me personally or the radio show or the podcast,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, I would have spoken about it. But a

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<v Speaker 3>few years ago, I basically like I had to burn

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<v Speaker 3>my whole face off with this topical chemotherapy for a

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<v Speaker 3>pre skin cancer.

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<v Speaker 2>So I went to the doctor.

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<v Speaker 3>About these like tiny little spots on my face, Like

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<v Speaker 3>there were just two that I thought were funny. They

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<v Speaker 3>wouldn't go away. One was on my lip and one

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<v Speaker 3>was on my forehead. I'm talking like just.

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<v Speaker 2>A bit of discoloration really, but it.

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<v Speaker 3>Was also quite dry, and I just thought, just weird,

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<v Speaker 3>it's not going like I was doing all the moisturizer

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<v Speaker 3>and whatever else. And I went to my skin doctor

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<v Speaker 3>and I ended up going through some testing, but I

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<v Speaker 3>got diagnosed with something called solar keratosis, which a lot

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<v Speaker 3>of you might have heard.

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<v Speaker 2>About it's essentially called pre skin cancer.

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<v Speaker 3>So if left can and probably will turn into a

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<v Speaker 3>skin cancer.

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<v Speaker 1>How do they have any idea of how long it

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<v Speaker 1>takes to transition or is it just one of those

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<v Speaker 1>things where you're like, it's some people, it could be years.

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<v Speaker 1>For other people, it could just be like unlucky and.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, yeah, depends how long it's been there for. So

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<v Speaker 3>it essentially will transition, So you need to deal with

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<v Speaker 3>it basically, And I guess this is why it's so

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<v Speaker 3>important to get an early diagnosis before something can spread

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<v Speaker 3>or turn into something nasty. And so the treatment for

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<v Speaker 3>that is what I just said. It's a topical chemotherapy.

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<v Speaker 3>So it's this like it's so cytotoxic. You have to

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<v Speaker 3>put gloves on, you have to specially order it, and

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<v Speaker 3>you cover your face in it, and your whole face

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<v Speaker 3>is like the most red, raw, burnt scab, Like it's

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<v Speaker 3>so painful.

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<v Speaker 2>Your whole face is basically is being killed, I guess

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<v Speaker 2>for want of a better word.

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<v Speaker 3>And essentially it takes a couple of weeks, it scabs over,

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<v Speaker 3>peels off, and the idea is the bad part to

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<v Speaker 3>go and you regenerate with nice skin again.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I mean, I remember when you did it because

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<v Speaker 1>we were on radio at the time and you were

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<v Speaker 1>a bit like turn the cameras off, and I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't I want to be careful with because I

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<v Speaker 1>think even the way you explained it then could scare

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<v Speaker 1>people away from doing it, like it was nowhere near

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<v Speaker 1>as bad as you probably felt like it was.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, my update is I went back for It's been

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<v Speaker 3>two years actually, which is probably too long.

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<v Speaker 2>It definitely is too long. I just sort of put

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<v Speaker 2>it off.

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<v Speaker 3>I went back on the weekend and I have to

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<v Speaker 3>do it again, so I have two spots again, and

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<v Speaker 3>I have to do this whole treatment again where I

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<v Speaker 3>have to burn my face off with this chemotherapy. So

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<v Speaker 3>I'm I mean, we joke about me saying turn the

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<v Speaker 3>cameras off last time, but I still went to work,

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<v Speaker 3>I still put on my socials. I wanted to advocate

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<v Speaker 3>for it, but I think I'm going to do it

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<v Speaker 3>even more so this time because it's really scary and

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<v Speaker 3>like two in three Australians are going to get skin

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<v Speaker 3>cancer in their life.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the stat Yeah, the stats so crazy.

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<v Speaker 1>But also I mean, I feel like if you've grown

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<v Speaker 1>up in Australia, if you spent anytime out in the sun,

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<v Speaker 1>just remember to go and get checked, because like you

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<v Speaker 1>can go and do your mole mapping these days, you

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<v Speaker 1>can go. And it's the consistency because unless you know

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<v Speaker 1>what's changed half.

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<v Speaker 2>The time, you don't actually know what's wrong.

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<v Speaker 1>And I mean, I think I grew up really just

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<v Speaker 1>thinking that having things burn off you was pretty normal.

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<v Speaker 1>Like my mom, my grandparents, everyone has had different skin

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<v Speaker 1>things burn off them over the years. It's funny now

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<v Speaker 1>looking back because it's so not normal, but it's just

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<v Speaker 1>such a condition of being in Australia and the fact

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<v Speaker 1>that for so long we had such a crazy tanning

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<v Speaker 1>culture and I know some people still still subscribe to it.

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<v Speaker 1>But we were kids of the eighties and the nineties,

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<v Speaker 1>like we were outside hardly any sunscreen, sun baking all

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<v Speaker 1>the time. And now it's really come out, like just

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<v Speaker 1>how damaging that's really is for you.

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<v Speaker 3>Part of me is like, oh my god, I can't

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<v Speaker 3>be any to do this again, But the other part

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<v Speaker 3>of me really wants to advocate for you to go.

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<v Speaker 2>And get a skin check.

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<v Speaker 3>Like if this is your reminder right now, if you're

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<v Speaker 3>in the car and you're like, oh my god, I've

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<v Speaker 3>been putting that off for so long. Do not put

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<v Speaker 3>it off. Go and book your appointment now. When you

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<v Speaker 3>pull over your car, go and call. Remember to keep

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<v Speaker 3>an eye on everything on your body. If it's changed,

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<v Speaker 3>if it's gotten darker or drier, if it's a regular

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<v Speaker 3>you need to go and get a check.

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<v Speaker 2>No, I know, Bri.

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<v Speaker 1>And that also is like the reminder I need because

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<v Speaker 1>it's been a couple of years since I've been. And

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<v Speaker 1>it's one of those things where you're like, ah, I'll

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<v Speaker 1>go where it happened to me.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, well, I mean two and three probably means there's

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<v Speaker 1>a likelihood it will happen.

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<v Speaker 2>To you anyway.

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<v Speaker 3>You're going to see it all play out because unfortunately

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<v Speaker 3>we do film everything.

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<v Speaker 1>So yeah, all right, guys, Well that is it from

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<v Speaker 1>us today.