What does skin cancer look like: Gardener whose freckle turned out to be skin cancer reveals six signs you should see a GP

Sign up to our free Living Well email for advice on living a happier, healthier and longer life Live your life healthier and happier with our free weekly Living Well newsletter Live your life healthier and happier with our free weekly Living Well newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Shane, who lives in Southampton with his hairdresser wife, Denise, 50, and their two children, teacher Jack, 24, and builders’ merchant worker Molly, 20, said: “I was a landscape gardener for 13 years and never worried about using sun cream or staying in the shade. “I had two years after that of thinking that everything was fine.” open image in gallery Shane was first diagnosed with skin cancer in 2017. He said: “It was December 23rd when they asked me to return.” open image in gallery Shane had the mole removed during a biopsy in 2017. Shane hopes to raise awareness of the risk of skin cancer for outdoor workers, saying: “Twenty years ago, skin cancer wasn’t talked about much on the jobsite and, personally, I wasn’t interested in having conversations around the dangers of sun exposure.” I was a landscape gardener for 13 years and never worried about using sun cream or staying in the shade.