Doctors said it was 'just a mole' - but it was something worse

Doctors said it was 'just a mole' - but it was something worse

A man diagnosed with a largely preventable yet common type of cancer has said a weekly habit was the most likely cause when warning others against his mistakes. It's possible to miss the extremely subtle signs that something is wrong without knowing what isn't normal.

In a TikTok clip, Sam ( @samtee.3 ) said: "So today, I've been informed I've got skin cancer . The biggest thing is that initially [the doctors] were like, 'Nah, you're 26 - realistically it's not going to be that' and then I realised for literally nine months I went on the sunbeds once a week for about nine minutes, nothing crazy, but the minute I said that [the doctors] were like, 'Ah'."

In a follow-up video, Sam explained that he visited his GP due t