Can you live a normal life after skin cancer?

Being diagnosed with skin cancer can feel like a momentous occasion. Basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, melanoma—whatever type of skin cancer someone has, the term “skin cancer” undoubtedly elicits understandable fear and uncertainty. Fortunately, with advancements in early detection and treatment, survival rates for most skin cancers are very high. So the real question that many patients and survivors wonder is: Can I return to having a normal life after skin cancer?