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The author wrote some comments on our recently published article entitled 'Could wide tattoo delay the early diagnosis of cutaneous melanoma? '.[1] The patient described in our paper, skin photo-type III according to Fitzpatrick, had a negative anamnesis for melanoma and a negative family history as well. We agree with the author when he states that the upper back is an area of difficult self-control regardless of the tattoo particularly in unmarried patients,[2] but in our case, the patient's marital status could not affect it since the patient is married. [Extracted from the article]

MM prognosis is related to Breslow index (a measure of deepness of melanoma) and sentinel lymph node. Dear Editor, Herein, we report a case of a 32-year-old woman, Caucasian, phototype IV, with an insurgence of a single pigmented lesion developed on a wide tattoo in the back. [Extracted from the article]

We retrospectively investigated all the surgical excisions with a histopathological diagnosis of melanoma performed in our department from January 2018 to December 2021 in order to analyse how COVID-19 pandemic impacted on melanoma diagnosis during these years. 2022; 36: e762 - 4. https://doi.org/10.1111/jdv.18337 5 Villani A, Fabbrocini G, Scalvenzi M. The reduction in the detection of melanoma during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in a melanoma center of South Italy. Melanoma is the main cause of death from skin cancer.[1]Its stage at the moment of the diagnosis, particularly primary tumour thickness, is the main prognostic factor, leading to the need for an early diagnosis and treatment.[1] Restrictive measures adopted during COVID-19 pandemic in order to avoid infection spreading led to a reduction in the number of accesses in dermatologic clinics.[[2]] We read with great interest the article recently written by Balakirski et al.[4] evaluating the long-term effect of COVID-19 pandemic on the detection and dermatosurgical treatment of melanoma, and we also want to report the experience of our third-level centre for 'Melanoma Diagnosis and Prevention. [Extracted from the article]