Dermoscopy — skin cancer prevention
Dermoscopy is a non-invasive examination of skin lesions using optical magnification. It allows evaluation of a mole’s internal structure — invisible to the naked eye — and enables early detection of melanoma, basal cell carcinoma, and squamous cell carcinoma.
Who should have dermoscopy?
- Everyone — once a year as a preventive examination
- People with fair skin and numerous moles
- After sunburn — especially during childhood
- Family history of melanoma
- When a mole is changing — growing, changing colour or shape, itching, bleeding
- Over 40 — skin cancer risk rises with age
The ABCDE rule
Monitor your own moles using: Asymmetry, irregular Borders, Colour variation, Diameter >6 mm, Evolution (change in appearance). If anything worries you — come in for a check.
Digital mapping
At Femi Premium we perform digital mole mapping — dermoscopic images are archived so that at the next visit we can compare them with previous records. This allows us to detect even minimal changes that would be invisible to the naked eye.
What if a mole is suspicious?
If dermoscopy identifies a lesion requiring removal, we perform surgical excision with histopathological examination — as an outpatient procedure, under local anaesthesia, on the same day.