Check your skin

By Matt Romania

A Skin Check and Awareness Unit is on the road, following excellent financial support from Lions Clubs, and generous public, and private supporters.

Put on by the Lions V Districts Cancer Foundation, the mobile skin check van will be in Bacchus Marsh on November 25 and 26 at the Village Green (Main Street). The aim is to catch something early, treat it, and survive.

Bill Richards, president of the Lions Club of Bacchus Marsh, said it’s an opportunity for people to get their skin checked locally, at no cost.

“If you’ve worked outdoors or spent a lot of time outdoors, it is a good opportunity to get a screening done,” he said.

“The van provides a free skin checking service to local people and will be operated by fully trained, certificated, and professionally supervised volunteers.”

The unit will also be a valuable resource for local people to access not only the skin check but valuable and timely information about skincare and self-checking techniques.

“Following the skin check, visitors will be issued with a referral to their GP if anything needs further investigation,” Mr Richards said.

The Unit is not a medical clinic, so diagnosis or treatment requirements are not discussed –it simply provides the skin check and alerts the visitor to skin lesions that require further checking and attention: a great first step in ensuring urgent needs is addressed.

Mr Richards urges Moorabool residents to book for a free preliminary check that’s easy to have done.

“It will say either ‘you don’t need to go and get a check done’ which would be a great relief for a lot of people, or maybe ‘there is something there that you should get checked by your GP.’”

To book an appointment please contact 0434 702 695 for more information.