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Author  Topic    Kekepania 1 Posts Posted - 12/16/2010 :  01:34:29     Hello all, Last summer I had a rather nasty BCC removed through MOHS surgery. While the surgery was not as bad as I feared, it's not something I want to make habit of. So while searching for alternative cures for skin cancer, I came upon this helpful website and forum. Recently, I've been treating some suspicious spots close to my MOHS scar with a botanical/pepper ointment that quickly cleared up these small lesions. Happy with the results, I googled "capsaicin" and "skin cancer" out of curiosity. You can imagine my shock when I came across this article... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100902121057.htm ...and several more like it. However upon continued reading, I noticed some articles (such as this one) that claimed the opposite. http://supplementspot.com/health/library/tag/capsaicin/ And then there are these articles that remain skeptical about the Hormel findings: http://hanopolis.com/?articleNo=26377&/story/Capsaicin-in-hot-peppers-may-be-carcinogenic-or-maybe-not http://fiery-foods.com/article-archives/84-chiles-and-health/2991-media-mangles-report-study-shows-capsaicin-does-not-cause-skin-cancer So, any thoughts on the matter? I know some other forum posters on this board have reported success using capsaicin cream on their cancers, and it helped me with my own lesions. It certainly makes me wonder...    Topic

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