Skin Discoloration
Your skin may change color during breast cancer treatment, sometimes turning a reddish color, becoming darker, or looking black, blue, green, or yellow (as if you have a bruise).
Your skin may change color during breast cancer treatment, sometimes taking on a red color, turning darker, or looking black, blue, green, or yellow (as if you have a bruise).
Breast cancer treatments that may cause skin discoloration:
surgery
radiation therapy
Some pain medications also may affect the color of your skin.
Skin discoloration also can happen if you're experiencing other treatment side effects such as a rash or an injection reaction.
Learn more about managing radiation-related skin side effects in the Radiation Therapy section.
— Last updated on September 1, 2023 at 4:15 PM
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