Julián Gil confesses that he was diagnosed with skin cancer: “I abused the sun”

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO.-Julián Gil confirmed this week that he was diagnosed with skin cancer and calls on everyone to take care of themselves.

“Many of you have asked me about the scar on my chest, I want to tell you that a year ago I was diagnosed with skin cancer. I hope this video will help you get checked up and never think that we are free of a disease. I love them! ”, she wrote in the description of the video of him.

In the clip and some photographs, the actor showed the impressive scar left by the treatment he had to undergo.

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You can see, in one of the photos, how it all started with an operation where a doctor removed damaged tissue until it healed with at least six stitches and some bruising.

According to the famous actor, a “little mole with a bit of relief” caught his attention, so he decided to go to a specialist who confirmed what he feared.

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“For me it was an extremely big shock to find out that I had skin cancer, like anyone else I never thought I would get, we believe we are superheroes and that nothing will happen, everything will be fine and well the question is that It touched me and this video is to make people aware that we must take care of ourselves, “he said in his Facebook video.

In the same way, Julián assured that it was his fault, since in Puerto Rico he abused the sun. “I understand that (the development of cancer) must have been due to excess sun, in Puerto Rico I abused the sun a lot, I wanted to be black, scorched, I was one of those who even smeared baby oil and that’s how I got legs to Up in the sun, and well, everyone told me not to sunbathe so much, that I was going to get skin cancer, but I thought I was a superhero and I thought I wasn’t going to get it”.