Melanoma: 'I never realised something so small could be so serious'

Fair-skinned Evelyn Byrne was immediately concerned when she noticed a dark spot on her shoulder. Though the shape didn’t fit the typical profile, it turned out to be melanoma
Melanoma: 'I never realised something so small could be so serious'

Evelyn Byrne discovered she had melanoma last May during lockdown. Photographs: Moya Nolan

A midweek evening shortly after the first lockdown started, and Ballinteer-based Evelyn Byrne was still getting used to working from home.

Married to Eoin and mum to six-year-old Conor, she works for a pension investment company. In a bid to cheer herself up and distract herself from the strangeness of lockdown, she headed to her bedroom to put on some fake tan.

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