A mother-of-three was left with a gaping hole in her head after having a cancerous tumour removed, which she blames on her frequent sunbed use in her teens.
Mary Bentley, from Dallas, Texas, was having a routine skin check-up with her dermatologist last month when they noticed a ‘discoloured’ mark on her scalp.
A biopsy revealed that the 34-year-old’s unusual patch of skin was melanoma — the most dangerous type of skin cancer.
Surgeons had to cut away at the