The 70-year-old supermodel first revealed that doctors had found a basal cell carcinoma, one of the most common types of skin cancer, on the upper left side of her face this past March.
Christie Brinkley opened up about her skin cancer diagnosis for the first time when she stopped by the Today show in New York City on Tuesday.
'I was in the room, and he had this little magnifying glass out, and he's looking at a couple of things that she was worried about,' Brinkley said. The doctor then said, '"We've got to do a biopsy immediately. This is something." Then the biopsy came back cancer,' she said. The 70-year-old supermodel first revealed that doctors had found a basal cell carcinoma, one of the most common types of skin cancer, on the upper left side of her face this past March by sharing a post on her Instagram account'They took care of it, and luckily, my hair grows in that direction, but the scar is barely noticeable,' she stated.
The supermodel went on to advise viewers to wear sunscreen and hats while stepping out in the sun this summer. She also penned a lengthy message in which she revealed that her medical team had caught her cancer 'early.'The fashion industry personality has since stated that she first drew attention to the carcinoma during an examination for one of her children
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