Julian Lennon undergoes emergency surgery for skin cancer: “Please get yourself checked out”

Julian Lennon has revealed that he underwent emergency surgery after being diagnosed with skin cancer.

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The elder son of Beatles legend John Lennon took to his official Instagram account to alert fans that they should always get checked for skin cancer after he was diagnosed with Melanoma for a second time recently.

Julian went on to explain that prior to flying to New York from Los Angeles for work – which included a series of appearances on Good Morning America, Sirius XM, iHeart Radio and his book signing and Q&A event at Fotografiska for his book Life’s Fragile Moments – he went to his routine dermatology appointment with “Dermatologist @drtessmauricio – Dr Tess, was the one who caught & operated on My Mole/Skin Cancer, a few years ago, and literally saved My Life”.

He revealed that following his appearance on Good Morning America, he received an urgent call from his dermatologist who informed him that he “had 2 locations on My Skin, Shoulder & Forearm, one of which was Melanoma, that should be operated on ASAP!

“So instead of going home to put my Christmas tree up and happily finish the year off, relaxing at home, I flew directly back to Los Angeles, after all my work in New York was done, and went directly from LAX airport, to surgery, with a surgeon recommended by Dr Tess, @timneavin – who spent several hours cleaning up and operating on me, with large margins, in the hope that we have, at the end of the day – clear margins, which would mean being free from cancer.”

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He continued: “The operation was a success, but we have yet to have the results of the biopsy, which we may not receive before Christmas. First of all, I’m very thankful to Dr Tess and Dr Tim, for being able to coordinate this surgery at such short notice, but for once again, hopefully Saving My Life. One can never be too confident in circumstances like this, but we all believe that Dr Tim has saved the day… So finger’s crossed for now.

“Obviously good news, would be the best Christmas present ever… Which I’m hopeful for… But I just want to say, this is also a timely reminder to all, to please get yourself checked out by your doctor… It only takes a short while to do so, and you may just be saving your own life, at the end of the day.

“So please, for the sake of yourself, your family and friends just go to your Dr and do what must be done… I love life and I want to live for a very long time and this is one way, and a choice, that could determine your future… I wish you all happy holidaze and a healthy long life… Love to all.”

Back in 2020, Julian opened up about his cancer scare and shared that the experience had left him “shaking inside”.

After that scare, he urged his followers to also get checked out and “do every health check possible”, noting: “Life is too short… Don’t make it shorter by being ignorant about your own health.”

Elsewhere, last year, Julian spoke out about his relationship with his brother Sean and shared that rumours of an alleged feud between them are “such bull”.

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