Wayne was 'very close' to losing his eye to skin cancer. His doctor urges sun safety to be taken seriously

 Like many Australians, Wayne Grimley grew up spending a lot of time in the sun. His family had lax views about sunburn and sun safety.

"[I was] in the water from dawn to dusk," he said of his childhood on the Gold Coast. 

"The grandparents said, 'Summer's coming on, you get a nice little burn to start the season.'"

Decades later, Mr Grimley still spends time outdoors, but his attitude towards sun safety has changed after finding a basal cell carcinoma (BCC) skin cancer near his eye. 

Read More: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-29/eyelid-skin-cancer-warning-doctors-urge-sun-safety/102058122



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