Lighthouse Clinic Helping Beauty Professionals Spot Early Signs Of Skin Cancer

An Isle of Wight clinic is backing a major new drive to equip beauty professionals with lifesaving skin cancer training.

The Lighthouse Clinic and Lighthouse Education have partnered with national charity Skcin to roll out the MASCED (Melanoma and Skin Cancer Early Detection) Accredited Training across the Island’s beauty sector.

Funded by Lighthouse Education, 100 free training places are now available to professionals working in close contact with clients’ skin — including beauticians, hairdressers and barbers.

Developed by Skcin, the 60-minute course empowers participants to spot suspicious moles or lesions and signpost clients to medical advice, without needing specialist knowledge.

Early detection is critical in tackling skin cancer. One beautician trained through MASCED helped identify three melanomas in her clients — all caught early.

Becalmed Medispa in Cowes is the first to sign up, with all staff now fully accredited.

Lighthouse Clinic’s dermatology team say the initiative is about “training eyes to save lives”.

Skcin CEO Marie Tudor added the beauty industry is “perfectly placed” to support early diagnosis, saying the programme will help build an “army” of trained professionals across the Island.

For more information or to enrol, visit www.masced.uk.