Hugh Jackman’s plea: “Don’t be like me as a kid”
Hugh Jackman has urged fans to look after their skin in a blunt Instagram post.
The 52-year-old Greatest Showman star has been treated for skin cancer more than six times, and took to social media after a recent visit to the doctors and dermatologist.
"Hey guys, I just wanted to let you know," he said while pulling down his face mask to show a small BandAid on his nose.
"I just went to see Lisa and Trevor, my amazing dermatologist and doctors. They saw something that was a little irregular so they took a biopsy, getting it checked. So if you see a shot of me with this on, do not freak out."
"Thank you for your concern," he went on to say.
"I'll let you know what's going on but they think it's probably fine."
Jackman wrapped up the video by saying: "Remember, go and get a check and wear sunscreen. Don't be like me as a kid. Just wear sunscreen."
The Wolverine star has been treated for skin cancer on his nose five times.
"A couple of notes ... please get skin checks often, please don't think it won't happen to you and, above all, please wear sunscreen,” he wrote.
In April, Jackman shared a clip of his ear bandaged up, revealing he had gotten a necessary skin check-up.
"OK guys, I recommend getting a skin check. Regularly," he began in the video, adding that Aussies are more likely to develop sun spots and skin cancer.
"I know I've said it before, I know I may be boring you with this but it's super easy to do and it's really, really important to be pre-emptive with these things."
"So, if you're like me and you didn't really know any better when you were young, and you didn't wear sunscreen, and you were in the Australian sun, then you need to get a check-up even more," he went on to say.
"But if not, doesn't matter who you are. Next time you are with your doctor or with a specialist if you can, if you are with your doctor just say 'can you please give me a skin check?', at least once a year.
"I just had mine done, I just had a little biopsy, it's pre-cancerous, it's not much, but I'm really really glad I went."
Jackman has mentioned in the past how lucky he is to have not had any major cancer scares.
"It's just something I have to get out after being an Aussie with English parents, growing up in Australia, it's sort of the new normal for me," he said during a chat on Live! With Kelly back in 2017.
"One sunburn, you're susceptible to cancer. One. And all of this is 25, 30 years after, the doctor told me.
"Our rule, as kids, growing up, was you get burned and peel two or three times, then you're set."