Patient story · Emma, 34

“A freckle that wasn't a freckle.”

Emma photographed a tiny brown spot on her shoulder for three years. The AI flagged a 0.6 mm asymmetry shift between scans. Biopsy: melanoma in situ — caught before invasion.

Emma had always assumed the small brown spot on her shoulder was just a freckle. She added it to DermaPrime mostly out of curiosity. Three years and twelve photos later, the AI surfaced a quiet but consistent change: a 0.6 mm shift in asymmetry and a new pigment network at the lower edge. A teledermatology review escalated her to in-person biopsy within two weeks. The pathology report read 'melanoma in situ' — meaning the cancerous cells had not yet broken through the basement membrane. A simple excision was curative.

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Patient story · Marco, 58

“My pharmacist sent me the link.”

A non-healing pearly bump on his nose was classified as likely basal cell carcinoma from a phone photo. Mohs surgery removed it the same month — 99% cure rate at this stage.

Marco's nose had carried a small 'pimple that wouldn't heal' for almost a year. His pharmacist, noticing it during a routine prescription pickup, suggested he photograph it through DermaPrime. The classifier returned 'basal cell carcinoma — high confidence' with a clear rationale: pearly translucent border, telangiectatic vessels, central crust. He was booked for Mohs micrographic surgery within three weeks. BCC has a >99% cure rate when treated early — and Mohs preserves the maximum amount of healthy tissue, which mattered greatly given the cosmetically sensitive location.

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Patient story · Aisha, 27

“It looked like eczema for months.”

Persistent scaly patches turned out to be early mycosis fungoides — a rare cutaneous lymphoma. Monitoring serial scans accelerated dermatology referral by an estimated 8 months.

Aisha had been treating dry, scaly patches on her hips and thighs as eczema for almost a year. Topical steroids brought partial relief but the patches kept returning in slightly different shapes. After uploading a series of scans to DermaPrime, the classifier consistently flagged the lesions as 'atypical inflammatory pattern — recommend specialist review' rather than classic eczema. A dermatology referral, biopsy and immunohistochemistry confirmed early-stage mycosis fungoides, the most common form of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. Caught at this stage, life expectancy is essentially normal with phototherapy.

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