Wolverine actor Hugh Jackman removes skin cancer for the sixth time, asks fans to use sunscreen regularly

By Team Asianet NewsableFirst Published Feb 15, 2017, 4:53 AM IST
Highlights
  • Hugh Jackman treats his skin cancer for the sixth time
  • Urges fans to use sunscreen
  • He was first treated in 2013. His fifth treatment was in 2016. This year, marked his sixth
  • He suffers from a mild type of skin cancer called Basal Cell carcinoma


Australian actor and Hollywood star of the X-Men series (among others), Hugh "Wolverine" Jackman, has never shied away from talking about having skin cancer.


He suffers from a mild form of cancer called  –  Basal Cell carcinoma.  Social-media savvy Jackman tweeted, and posted a photo of himself post his cancer treatment on Instagram and urged his fans and others to use sunscreen. 

 

 


 

This was his sixth time removing the cancer.  

It was in 2013 he discovered he had this mild form of cancer, and it was thanks to his wife who asked him to have it checked out.  
 

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