Pharmacy Daily | Chemmart ‘Spotcheck’

West Australians will have more opportunity to get skin spots checked from today with the launch of the ‘Spotcheck’ service in over 50 Chemmart pharmacies in WA. The initiative, founded by doctors who specialise in skin cancer, Dr Tony Dicker MBBS PhD and Dr Gary Pellizzari MBBS FRACGP Dip RACOG, enables the diagnosis in store via digital dermatoscope technology. The technology used is a German designed ‘handyscope’ which is an attachment for an iPhone or iPod Touch turning it into a digital dermatoscope and allows for polarized and non-polarized mole pictures of up to 20X magnification. These are then saved in a password protected, secure app. If more than three spots are to be checked, the patient is advised to consult their GP. Chemmart Pharmacy executive director Jonathan Layton said Chemmart hopes increasing the accessibility of skin checks will help to raise awareness of skin cancer. and make a difference in the lives of Australians. “We hope the added convenience of Spotcheck will be an incentive for customers who might not otherwise get their skin checked to do so – for peace of mind if nothing else.” Spotcheck starts at $35 for one spot and takes only a few minutes.

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