Below Deck Down Under star Jason Chambers has revealed he's been diagnosed with skin cancer. Sharing a candid video to Instagram, the reality star and captain admitted doctors have found a melanoma, a dangerous type of skin cancer that 'develops from malignant cells in the melanocytes, the cells that give skin its colour'.
In the clip, Jason admitted to not wearing suncream as he warned his 344K followers to not follow in his footsteps. He said: "Update on the biopsy I had.
It came back with melanoma. I’m in Australia.That was done in Bali.The Australian doctors, which are fantastic in Australia, they weren’t happy with what the indications told them to go to the stage two which would be to cut out a bigger section and test the glands.
Look Australia, two out of three people suffer from melanoma. It’s a big thing. I never used to wear sunscreen when I was on the boat. "I used to put zinc on my nose, the reason being the chemicals.