There are many cases of skin cancer that are discovered each year and a fraction of those do lead to death due to many factors. Skin Melanoma�s if left untreated can spread and worse infect underlying tissue and cause irreparable damage to the human organs. Early detection and treatment is the only solution so people have to be aware of signs to look for when dealing with this health risk. Reddened itchy skin with sores that do not go away, tenderness of a particular area of skin that is usually exposed to the sun, all these symptoms can be signs of some skin problem and worse a skin melanoma. The condition is curable but as said early detection is the key.