Below Deck Down Under star Jason Chambers has been diagnosed with skin cancer.
The reality star and ship captain, 52, took to Instagram on Monday to reveal his melanoma diagnosis and admitted he had spent years forgoing sunscreen.
He said: ‘Update on the biopsy I had. It came back with melanoma. I’m in . That was done in Bali.
‘The n doctors, which are fantastic in , they weren’t happy with what the indications told them to go to the stage two which would be to cut out a bigger section and test the glands.
‘Look , two out of three people suffer from melanoma. It’s a big thing. I never used to wear sunscreen when I was on the boat.
‘I used to put zinc on my nose, the reason being the chemicals. But there’s so many products out there that are chemical-free now, which is great.
Below Deck Down Under star Jason Chambers has been diagnosed with skin cancer
The reality star and ship captain, 52, took to Instagram on Monday to reveal his melanoma diagnosis and admitted he had spent years forgoing sunscreen
‘For someone that spent their life in the sun, as a child playing sport to working on the ocean, I thought I was resistant to the damaging effects of the sun.
‘I love the sun and its health benefits are evident, but be wise and like everything in life, it’s all about balance, choose your battles.
‘So, make sure you throw on some sunscreen, get some shade and cover yourself up and enjoy your day out in the sun.’
‘With a diagnosed melanoma biopsy, I now have an anxious wait and what I thought was a skin spot turned in just 6 months, early detection is the key.’
Treatment includes removing the entire section of the tumor or by the surgeon removing the skin layer by layer, immunotherapy, radiation treatment or chemotherapy:
Melanoma is the most dangerous form of skin cancer. It occurs after the DNA in skin cells is damaged (typically due to harmful UV rays) and then not repaired so it triggers mutations that can form malignant tumours.
Chambers joined the Bravo show in 2022. The series chronicles the lives of the crew members who work and reside aboard a 150-foot-plus superyacht during a six week charter season in .
Chambers shares daughter Saskia, eight, with his ex-wife Fuchsia Quinn.
He said: ‘Update on the biopsy I had. It came back with melanoma. I’m in . That was done in Bali’ – pictured October 2024
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In July, the former Great Outdoors host, 46, shared a video to Instagram of herself enjoying a beachside drink with the reality hunk in Bali.
In the footage, the pair sat on a lounge and clinked their glasses together before taking a drink while a friend filmed them.
But the model and Miss winner told Daily Mail she was in Bali for work and had been catching up with friends, including Jason, during her trip.
He was also briefly linked to Vanderpump Rules star Lala Kent in 2023 after they posed together at BravoCon.