Kevin Jonas opens up about skin cancer removal. Heres how to check your skin [Video]

Kevin Jonas is raising awareness about skin cancer, after sharing his own experience.

The oldest of the Jonas Brothers posted to Instagram this week about his skin cancer removal.

“Yes, that is an actual little skin cancer guy that has started to grow. And now I have to get surgery to remove it,” he stated in the video.

The singer had what’s called basal cell carcinoma on his head.

“Basal cell carcinomas often look pink or a little opalescent, that is clear or pearly. Sometimes they’ll have a little pigment to them but oftentimes they don’t,” said Dr. Alix Jude Charles, a dermatologist and member of the American Academy of Dermatology.

These cancers tend to be in sun-exposed areas of the skin. They also are typically painless, Charles said.

“It’s the most common form of skin cancer and cancer that occurs in mammals, period. It accounts for over 90% of …