A mum who noticed an 'itchy' freckle whilst on a girls holiday in Benidorm was given a devastating cancer diagnosis when she finally got it checked a year later. Shannon Masterton was diagnosed with melanoma - a form of skin cancer - in January 2020 aged 26.
She has now issued a warning over the dangers of sunbeds after she admitted tanning herself twice a week in the run up to summer. The mum-of-two from Northern Ireland started using sunbeds in her early twenties so that she could have a nice tan before her holidays.
But after using them before a trip to Benidorm she noticed a slight change on her skin. Shannon, now 29, said: "It was more like a freckle than a mole and when I was on holiday it started to feel itchy. But I didn't think too much of it.
