SKIN360AI · SKIN-CANCER GUIDE
How Often Should You Have a Skin Check?
How often to get your skin looked at depends on your risk. Here is a simple guide.
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Written & reviewed by Dr Rupinder Singh Walia — MBBS, FRACGP, Dip. Dermatology (Cardiff, UK) · AHPRA MED0001647256 · special interest in skin cancer medicine & dermoscopy
There is no single answer for everyone — how often to have your skin looked at depends on your risk. Here is a simple guide, plus the two things that matter whatever your schedule. If something has already caught your eye, a doctor can review it for $49.
A simple guide by risk
- Higher risk (fair skin, heavy sun exposure, many or atypical moles, personal or family history) — often about yearly, or as advised.
- Average risk — less often, but still worth knowing your skin and acting on changes.
The two things that matter most
First, get to know your own skin — a self-check every couple of months. Second, act on change: a new, changing or non-healing spot should be reviewed promptly, not left until a routine check. Compare your options or get a spot reviewed — $49.
Not a diagnosis; cannot rule cancer in or out.
Worried about a mole, mark or changing skin area?
Most skin-cancer advice tells you to watch for change. Skin360AI helps you keep photos of one or more spots connected over time. A spot can be a mole, freckle, mark, lump, sore, patch or any skin area you want to watch. It is not a diagnosis and cannot rule skin cancer in or out.
If a lesion is new, changing, bleeding, non-healing or worrying you, arrange an in-person GP or skin-cancer clinic assessment.
Check and watch the spots you care about over time
Use the free AI-assisted skin check to save photos of moles, marks, lumps, sores, patches or other skin areas you want to watch. A photo record is not a diagnosis or a cancer all-clear.
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A structured photo record is not a diagnosis, cannot exclude skin cancer and does not replace an in-person examination.Medically reviewed by
Dr Rupinder Singh Walia (MBBS, FRACGP, Diploma in Dermatology — Cardiff University, UK; AHPRA MED0001647256). Last reviewed August 2026. This information is general and is not a diagnosis; it cannot rule skin cancer in or out. See your GP or a skin-cancer clinic in person for anything that concerns you.