How Carrie Preston’s Shocking Skin Cancer Battle Transformed Her Health and Defied All Odds at 58
Best known for playing the charmingly-quirky sleuth Elsbeth on the hit CBS show of the same name, actress Carrie Preston, 58, recently revealed she was diagnosed with skin cancer after a mole on her cheek tested positive for basal cell carcinoma. Here, everything you need to know about her health scare and recovery. Plus a top dermatologist shares early warning signs of this common form of skin cancer and the most effective treatment options.
Carrie Preston learned she had skin cancer while filming Elsbeth
On the last day of shooting season two of Elsbeth, Preston learned a mole on her face was cancerous, she told Busy Phillips on her podcast Busy This Week. “Everyone kept asking me what are you going to do on your hiatus [from the show],” she said. “Just an hour prior, I had found out that a test I had done on a mole on my cheek was basal cell carcinoma… I didn’t want to tell people because I was shocked and a little bit ashamed, a little bit like, what did I do wrong?”
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