Dáithí Ó Sé has revealed he underwent treatment for skin cancer earlier this year.
In an interview with The Sunday Times, the Rose of Tralee host said he was diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma after going to the doctor about a suspicious looking spot on his eyebrow.
The RTÉ star said: “I thought it was an ingrown hair. But this spot just wasn’t going away. I was covering it up with make-up in work and when I was taking it off after the show the spot was getting agitated and part of it would scab up and come off.”
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“I went in thinking they’d take out the freezing gas or laser it, but she was pretty sure it was a form of skin cancer,” he said.
“It frightened the life out of me. In fact, it had been there a long time, but had grown over the last year or two.”
“She checked the rest of my glands to make sure it hadn’t spread and it hadn’t, which gave me a bit of comfort, but it still came as a massive shock. All of a sudden I was that person that had skin cancer.”
Dáithí, who was given the all-clear last month, warned that “everyone needs to be vigilant”.
He said: “I was told to wear factor 50 for the rest of my life, winter and summer, no matter what the weather. I even have to apply it on the backs of my hands and on my ears.”
“It’s really made me appreciate my health and my life all the more.”
