Atomic Kitten star Natasha Hamilton, 42, mistook skin cancer for mosquito bite

The singer has opened up about her health scare.

Atomic Kitten star Natasha Hamilton, 42, mistook skin cancer for mosquito bite

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The main treatment for skin cancer is surgery and the good news is, it’s unusually minor with a high survival rate. But like all cancers, early detection is key. More invasive treatments including radiotherapy and chemotherapy might be needed depending on the type of cancer and if it has spread.

She asked her husband to look and take a photo, and Natasha immediately realised the mole wasn’t what she’d thought.

‘When I looked at it I went, OK, I think I know what that is,’ she said. ‘Originally, it had just been a dark freckle that I’ve had on my back for many years. It wasn’t raised, it wasn’t a mole, it was just a freckle.’

Natasha felt the mole on her back after a sun soaked holiday (Picture: Instagram) She rose to fame in Atomic Kitten in the 1990s (Picture: David Tonge/Getty Images)

Although it’s not been confirmed, Natasha thinks the skin cancer may have stemmed from her using sunbeds a lot in the 1990s.

‘I have burnt my back so much over the years, and I used sunbeds when I was younger, you know, back in the 90s,’ she told Scott McGlynn’s Celebrity Skin Talk.

‘It was like everyone used a sunbed before you went on your night out on a Saturday, and the repercussions of that is now I have to be super vigilant in the sun, like I need to have my high factors on.’

The health scare made her realise she’s ‘not invincible’ (Picture: Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

And although she’s now cancer-free and feeling ‘fine’, she admitted the health scare has given her pause for thought.

‘It was found, it was cut away and, yeah, we move on. But it was a, kind of, “Oh, I’m not invincible” moment,’ she said.

‘These things do happen to you sometimes, and you’ve just got to look after yourself.’

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