Real Housewife Tamra Judge Shares Butt Selfie to Show Where Melanoma Can Hide
Update: Judge revealed on Instagram that after surgery she is now melanoma-free.
On Sunday, “Real Housewives of Orange County” star Tamra Judge shared a selfie on Instagram revealing she has skin cancer.
The reality TV star, who turns 50 in September, had no idea that the “small black flat freckle” on her rear end was cancerous. It turned out to be melanoma, a type of skin cancer that’s almost always curable when discovered and treated early but kills an estimated 10,130 people in the U.S. annually.
“I’m showing you this picture because this is what melanoma looks like,” Judge wrote in her post. “I don’t want sympathy, I want you to save your ass and get your skin checked.”
Judge had a previous skin cancer scare in January of this year, sharing a series of Instagram posts following her skin cancer screening.
Despite the news, Judge remains positive, commenting, “I’ll be fine because my faith is strong and my ass ain’t bad either.”
All photos courtesy of Tamra Judge’s Instagram page
Trish is the Cancer Editor at The Mighty. She lost her father to stage 4 lung cancer in August 2016, and previously worked at a children’s cancer research organization, so she knows firsthand about the cancer experience. A lover of hip hop music, hot sauce and kimchi, she lives in Maryland with her husband, two dogs, cat and feisty 2-year-old daughter. Check her story out in the book, “A Letter to My Mom.“
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