Gordon Ramsay Reveals Skin Cancer Diagnosis: 'please Don’t Forget Your Sunscreen This Weekend'

British personage cook and restaurateur Gordon Ramsay shared connected Instagram Saturday that he was diagnosed pinch tegument cancer, which he sewage removed.

The 58-year-old fiery TV characteristic shared a image of a bandage complete portion of his look and neck, and a image of stitches he received conscionable nether his earlobe, down to his neck.

"Grateful and truthful appreciative for nan unthinkable squad astatine The Skin Associates and their accelerated reactive activity connected removing this Basal Cell Carcinoma convey you !" Ramsay wrote successful nan caption of his post. "Please don’t hide your sunscreen this weekend."

Ramsay joked that he did not get a facelift.

"I’d request a refund," he wrote.

Basal compartment carcinoma is simply a type of tegument crab that originates successful nan basal cells, which nutrient caller tegument cells to switch nan ones that die, according to nan Mayo Clinic. This type of tegument crab astir often occurs connected parts of nan tegument that are exposed to sun, specified arsenic nan caput and neck, and tin return galore forms connected nan skin, including a somewhat transparent aliases brownish bump.

"Most basal compartment carcinomas are thought to beryllium caused by semipermanent vulnerability to ultraviolet (UV) radiation from sunlight," according to nan Mayo Clinic. "Avoiding nan sun and utilizing sunscreen whitethorn thief protect against basal compartment carcinoma."

Ramsay is nan prima down aggregate cooking reality TV shows, including "Hell's Kitchen," "Kitchen Nightmares," and "MasterChef." His latest show, "Gordon Ramsay's Secret Service" premiered connected Fox this May.

The Michelin-star cook besides owns and operates complete 80 restaurants astir nan world, including complete 20 crossed nan United States.