Awareness of malignancy in flesh coloured lesions highlighted Ill-fitting masks and glasses may be incorrectly blamed for symptoms of BCC Only four in 10 people would seek attention for less well-understood skin cancer signs like lumps, spots and rough, scaly patches on the skin, a survey by the Irish Cancer Society has revealed. “Most patients are aware that a new or changing mole should warrant advice from their GP however many are surprised when a flesh-coloured lesion is diagnosed as a malignancy,” Dr Bláithín Moriarty, Consultant Dermatologist at St Vincent’s University Hospital in Dublin told Irish Medical Times.