Auckland mum-of-two Emma Lovell is used to people staring at the scars on her face in public. Sometimes she mentally blocks out the attention, but in other moments, the disability-care support worker wishes people simply wouldn’t notice her.
Emma – who has had 10 operations on her face, neck and ear to remove skin cancer – has spent the past 13 years fighting basal cell carcinoma that continues to grow back.
“I get it cut out and then it grows back right next to