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Remember to Schedule Your Skin Checks

Melanoma & Skin Cancer | Last Active: Jul 31 10:27am | Replies (27)

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@itchyrich Yes, lower extremity wounds generally take longer to heal due to increased demands/less circulation in the area making it more challenging to provide necessary nutrients and oxygen to the area - even more compromised in cases of diabetes or peripheral vascular disease, other more common conditions as we age.

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Guess I should have mentioned that I have type 2 diabetes as well so that contributed to the slow healing time. I have been signed up for the Grover's Disease group for a few years now, as well as the group on Facebook. The FB group has grown from about 1400 members to over 3000 since I joined, so there must be a lot of GD going around.