I have read in the literature, SCC cutaneous mets are rare but when they do happen, about 10% of the time, they are from oral cancer. What's worrisome is if positive, prognosis is grim due to systemic involvement. Online pics show larger bumps on the head and neck, and it seems early for me to be getting them, however, I'm concerned this is how they start:

I am 2 months out of Tx, and I have a few spots pop up on my face. They are really small bumps, tender, and they seem to spontaneously open up creating a pinhole crater.

I have had occasional adult acne but these seem uncharacteristic of the past because they are multiple and the way they present. I'm hoping it's something I ate (starting to tolerate a variety of foods) and/or my weakened immune system from treatment. Also, my skin has been really dry since treatment and probably prone to blocked pores causing acne despite keeping well hydrated and using a humidifier (winter heating doesn't help). So maybe that's why they look the way they do and the healing may be delayed as well.

Of course, I would be more concerned if they progressed into nodules but right now they're just tiny bumps. I read on another forum, a survivor said he gets these bumps of adult acne and they just go away. No where else can I find someone describing something similar. I guess time will tell if mine do the same or persist.

I am going to call my doc(s) on Monday.

It seems a lot of you feel the same, every new pain, bump, symptom, we are looking over our back.

Anyone experience a facial breakout like that post treatment?
(I was not on Erbitux)

Thanks for reading