Australian media personality Deborah Hutton talks about having two skin cancers recently removed from her face and says it was ‘very confronting’
She underwent surgery to remove two skin cancers from her face in May, and now Deborah Hutton has spoken about her terrifying experience.
In an interview with A Current Affair on Monday, the 58-year-old Australian media personality admitted she was ‘shocked’ by the devastating diagnosis.
Deborah said she had had a basal cell carcinoma removed from the exact same spot on her face nine years earlier, and was stunned to discover it had returned.
Speaking out: She underwent surgery to remove two skin cancers from her face in May, and now Deborah Hutton has spoken about her terrifying experience on A Current Affair on Monday
Calling it a ‘deeper and bigger operation’ than the one she required the first time around, Deborah said she ‘didn’t expect it’.
She admitted she was worried it would leave her face irrevocably scarred after having carved out a successful career as a model.
‘I was hesitant because it was bigger, and I was scared, too,’ she confessed.
Terrifying: Deborah shared a photo of her scarring shortly after her surgery to remove the cancer, and admitted she hesitated in sharing it, calling it ‘confronting’
‘I sat there going, “Am I going to lose a lip?”, “Do I lose half my nose?” This is my face, this is my business, and so it’s very confronting. It’s very confronting.’
Given how aggressive the skin cancer was, Deborah acknowledged that she was extremely lucky to have caught it when she did.
Deborah shared a photo of her scarring shortly after her surgery to remove the cancer, and admitted she hesitated in sharing it, calling it ‘confronting’.
Devastating diagnosis: Deborah said she had had a basal cell carcinoma removed from the exact same spot on her face nine years earlier, and was stunned to discover it had returned
She said she only shared the photo to serve as something of a wake up call to people who may have been putting off getting their own skin checked.
Like Deborah, Beard Season founder Jimmy Niggles is also urging people to get their skin checked.
He explained he decided to grow a long beard after his friend Wes Bonny died from skin cancer in March 2010.
Raising awareness: Like Deborah, Beard Season founder Jimmy Niggles is also urging people to get their skin checked
Jimmy said whenever anyone stops him to ask about his beard, he uses it as an opportunity to remind them to get their skin checked.
‘Australia has the highest rate of melanoma. This is where it happens in this country,’ added Deborah.
‘So if you’re gonna play the dice, don’t play the dice game. If you see something, don’t put your head in the sand. Just deal with it.’
‘I sat there going, “Am I going to lose a lip?”, “Do I lose half my nose?” This is my face, this is my business, and so it’s very confronting. It’s very confronting,’ she confessed