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Jacinta ‘Jay’ Lal’s Story: ‘It’s better to be safe than sorry’

Jacinta ‘Jay’ Lal enjoys a sunny day on a boat, wearing sunglasses and a bikini
MoleMap Team
January 24, 2023
5 minutes

Jac­in­ta ​‘Jay’ Lal is prob­a­bly most recog­nised from her appear­ance on The Bach­e­lor Aus­tralia in 2021. And while she may not have won her Bach­e­lor Jimmy’s heart, the​New Zealand-born nutritionist’s life is still com­ing up roses.

Hav­ing launched her own lifestyle well­ness pro­gram, Jay Rose Well­ness, in Jan­u­ary 2022, Jay is no stranger to help­ing peo­ple get proac­tive about their health. But after years spent beach-hop­ping both at home in Aus­tralia and abroad, the self-pro­claimed sun-chas­er decid­ed it was time to put her own health first and book in a Full Body MoleMap.

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‘I wouldn’t say I have always been sun smart…’

“Those who know me, know I’m a sun chas­er from WAY back! I just feel hap­pi­er when I’m in the sun!” wrote Jay in an Insta­gram post on Sep­tem­ber 6.

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While Jay admit­ted that she wasn’t always so vig­i­lant about sun pro­tec­tion in the past, she remind­ed her fol­low­ers of the dan­gers of sun expo­sure and urged them to be respon­si­ble when out enjoy­ing the sun.

“We all know that we need to be care­ful… The sun can have dam­ag­ing effects on our skin,” Jay cautioned.

“If you’re like me and find it hard to avoid the sun, it’s impor­tant to be smart about it. Along with the obvi­ous Slip, Slop, Slap and Wrap … Believe it or not, there is more you can do to pro­tect your­self,” Jay wrote.

One of the best ways to do just that is to get reg­u­lar skin checks by a pro­fes­sion­al melanog­ra­ph­er or der­ma­tol­o­gist. So, in Sep­tem­ber 2022, Jay decid­ed it was time to get a clear pic­ture of her skin health by vis­it­ing MoleMap skin cancer clinic for a Full Body Mole Map.

“I’m not going to lie, I was SO ner­vous going into [my Full Body MoleMap] appoint­ment because I would­n’t say I have always been sun smart,” she revealed.

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‘The ear­li­er the detec­tion, the bet­ter chance of beat­ing it’

Although she was anx­ious about her first Full Body MoleMap appoint­ment, Jay took the plunge and final­ly put her sun-kissed skin under the micro­scope (or dermascope).

“The melanog­ra­ph­er exam­ined all of my moles, took pho­tos and mapped them out. She then told me a der­ma­tol­o­gist would care­ful­ly exam­ine the pho­tos of my moles and let me know if there were any I need­ed to be cau­tious of,” wrote Jay.

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“MoleMap’s proven skin-map­ping is designed to detect skin can­cers such as melanoma ear­ly. This is so impor­tant because the ear­li­er the detec­tion, the bet­ter chance you have of beat­ing it,” wrote Jay.

Thank­ful­ly, Jay’s anx­i­ety about her appoint­ment soon turned to peace of mind when she received her results a few days later.

“I got my results dig­i­tal­ly in a cou­ple of days and all was clear (to my relief),” she added.

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Jay now enjoys the sun safe­ly and keeps an eye on her skin with self-checks

At MoleMap, we rec­om­mend doing self checks at home every 3 months to mon­i­tor your skin for any changes.

“Now that I have my moles mapped out, it will make it eas­i­er to iden­ti­fy changes and new moles so I can keep an eye out for any­thing that might be alarm­ing,” wrote Jay.

MoleMap Team

At MoleMap we check, detect and treat skin cancer. Find out how you can protect your skin at your nearest MoleMap skin cancer clinic.

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