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Stella Campbell’s Story: ‘I spend a lot of my time in the sun’

Stella Campbell in pink smiles brightly while holding a bat, enjoying a sunny day outdoors
MoleMap Team
February 24, 2023
5 minutes

Crick­et and long days out in the sun go hand-in-hand. But young Syd­ney Six­ers star Stel­la Camp­bell wasn’t about to let her skin can­cer risk hit her for six. That’s why she decid­ed to keep her skin in check and vis­it us for Full Body MoleMap.

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‘I spend a lot of my time in the sun’

Stel­la grew up play­ing crick­et from a young age and signed her first deal with the Wom­en’s Big Bash League at just 16 years old. Since then, she’s been mak­ing her mark in the crick­et world with sev­er­al domes­tic sea­sons under her belt.

“As a crick­eter, I spend a lot of my time in the sun which means I have to be super care­ful when it comes to pro­tect­ing my skin,” wrote Stel­la in an Insta­gram post in April 2022.

Out­side of crick­et, Stel­la also loves head­ing down to the beach and play­ing golf. But even though she’s always sun smart, she knows that liv­ing such an active out­door lifestyle comes with increased sun expo­sure and a high­er risk of sun dam­age and skin cancer.

“That’s why I always wear sun­screen every day,” Stel­la told us when dis­cussing her sun pro­tec­tion rou­tine, ​“I also try to make sure I’m in the shade as much as pos­si­ble, cov­er­ing up my neck and shoul­ders and wear­ing a hat and sunglasses.”

While her sun safe­ty rou­tine is already in top shape, Stel­la want­ed to add anoth­er lay­er of pro­tec­tion for her own peace of mind. So, she decid­ed to get her skin checked with a Full Body MoleMap.

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A sticky wick­et: How Stel­la over­came her skin check worries

Like many of our patients, Stel­la felt a lit­tle anx­ious before attend­ing her Full Body MoleMap appoint­ment. After all, it can be quite a daunt­ing expe­ri­ence to have all your spots checked and doc­u­ment­ed for the first time. It’s nor­mal to feel ner­vous or wor­ried about the unknown. But thank­ful­ly, our melanog­ra­phers are pro­fes­sion­als at putting your mind at ease.

“I was a lit­tle ner­vous head­ing in, how­ev­er, the melanog­ra­ph­er made me feel super relaxed through­out the process and answered any ques­tions I had,” wrote Stel­la in an Insta­gram post in March 2022.

“I had a head-to-toe skin check with the melanog­ra­ph­er,” she added, ​“This includ­ed check­ing (the moles and lesions) on my entire body. Part two of my check-up con­sist­ed of a com­plete pho­to­graph­ic record.”

“A Full Body MoleMap cre­ates a map of the moles and lesions on your skin so at your next rou­tine check-up, the melanog­ra­ph­er is able to spot any changes in your skin from one year to the next,” wrote Stella.

“I found the whole process extreme­ly pro­fes­sion­al,” Stel­la told us, ​“The melanog­ra­ph­er made me aware of the whole process so I under­stood what was hap­pen­ing which was very reas­sur­ing … I felt real­ly com­fort­able and relaxed through­out the whole appointment.”

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Don’t get caught out — check your skin regularly

Stel­la was glad to report that her Full Body MoleMap results came back all clear. But she knows her skin can­cer pre­ven­tion jour­ney doesn’t stop there.

Reg­u­lar mole checks are very impor­tant as they are the only way to guar­an­tee ear­ly detec­tion and most skin can­cers are treat­able if they are dis­cov­ered ear­ly enough.

“I’m 3 months on from my Full Body MoleMap … so it’s time to do a self-check at home!” wrote Stel­la in an Insta­gram post in May 2022.

“MoleMap rec­om­mends check­ing your skin every 3 months,” she added, ​“If you have trou­ble remem­ber­ing this, check­ing with the sea­sons (i.e. the first day of sum­mer, autumn, win­ter and spring) is a great way to keep on it!”

Now, Stel­la is com­mit­ted to keep­ing a close eye on her skin health with reg­u­lar self-checks and annu­al skin checks — and is pas­sion­ate about encour­ag­ing oth­er young peo­ple to do the same.

“Your skin nev­er stops chang­ing, so keep check­ing it!”

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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