Experienced doctor
Icarus Skin Cancer Clinic’s highly skilled skin cancer doctor, Dr Bruce Lim, has a comprehensive understanding of skin cancer and treatment, acquired from years of additional study beyond a medical degree.
His experience gives you confidence that he will accurately diagnose and treat skin concerns in a safe medical environment.
His breadth of knowledge and treatment of patients, and expertise ensure the highest standards of professionalism and safety.
Bruce has undertaken significant further training in the field of skin cancer medicine and is accredited by the Skin Cancer College of Australasia.
He has developed skills in skin cancer surgery including facial surgery, skin flaps (including nose, ears and lower leg repairs) and skin grafting.
He is also passionate about promoting sun awareness and skin cancer prevention with his patients.
Technology
Using dermatology software powered by artificial intelligence (AI), Icarus Skin Cancer Clinic can capture high quality digital images of your skin and record exact detail for future comparison monitoring suspicious lesions for any changes, resulting in earlier diagnoses so you can avoid unnecessary procedures.
Need a skin check?
Anyone with changing spots, or spots that look very different to others on their body, should have them assessed by an accredited skin cancer doctor as soon as possible.
Even if you are unsure if your spots have changed, it’s worth having a doctor check your skin to ensure nothing is amiss.
If you have a history of sunburn, multiple spots, previous skin cancer, or a family history of melanoma, you are at risk of skin cancer.
The same is true if your family has light-coloured skin, even if you yourself have darker skin.
Remember that the damage might have been done when you were young, so just because you don’t get sunburnt any more, it doesn’t mean you’re safe from skin cancer.
Early detection and treatment is essential
Melanoma is the third most common cancer in Australia, and more people are being diagnosed with skin cancer every year.
The good news is that, if detected early, there is about a 99 per cent chance of survival as the melanoma can be confined to the skin.
Delayed diagnosis, however, may result in the melanoma spreading to other parts of the body.
Once this occurs, it becomes a highly aggressive cancer which makes it difficult to treat.
Unfortunately, melanomas don’t present symptoms so the only way to find them is to examine your skin.
A full-body skin check by an accredited skin cancer doctor is the best aid in early diagnosis.
To make an appointment, call 5925 2000 or book online at HotDoc/DrBruceLim.
Icarus Skin Cancer Clinic is at Suite 4, Ground Floor, Hollander House, 352 Rossiter Road, Kooweerup.
