Noin November 2021 Valentina Ferragni he showed up on social media with one scar on the forehead. He had just removed what looked like a cyst but was actually a basal cell carcinoma. A year later, Chiara Ferragni’s sister comes back up Instagram remembering that day to invite prevention.
Valentina Ferragni and the carcinoma on the forehead
At 28, the entrepreneur and influencer discovered that she has «a bad cancer localized in a specific area, not one of the most dangerous for health, but for the skin,” he explained. Then recounting the evolution of what looked like a cyst: it tended to disappear but then came back and bled.
“Doctors said it was the first time they had seen it on a person at the age of 28, usually on people in their 50/60s and more, so it’s quite rare at this age and diagnosis was difficult,” he added. Then explaining why she decided to tell his story about him: an invitation to prevention. «It’s very important if there’s something wrong, if it doesn’t go away, if you feel strange. I’m 28 and this nasty cancer is rare in people my age, luckily I caught it in time».
A year later
A year later, the youngest of the Ferragni sisters returns to talk about the diagnosis and removal of basal cell carcinoma on the forehead. «I admit that discovering I have cancer at 28 was not a walk in the park» he wrote on Instagram. But, once again, she decided to expose herself for a very clear reason: «knowing that, in my small way, by telling my story, the “symptoms” and the diagnosis of cancer i have been able to help just one person in this world is truly something i am proud of».
Prevention and doctors save lives
«This is how social media should be used: to help, to raise awareness, to lend a hand even to just one person on the other side of the screen. And for this I am grateful, knowing that I have raised awareness of prevention and not taking a trifle about our body “for granted” added Valentina Ferragni on Instagram.
Who often invites followers to take care of health, not to underestimate either medical checks or the signals of one’s body: «Don’t wait and go see a doctor right away. Prevention and doctors save lives».
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