Michelle Tagliamonte, 58, was getting a manicure when she noticed the black lines on her thumb, which signaled the start of a fast-spreading cancer.

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A MUM claims her monthly manicures "saved her life" after noticing a strange symptom during an appointment. Michelle Tagliamonte, 58, spotted faint black lines on the nail of her her right thumb ...

The melanoma was in the growth plate [in my thumb ... I will never have a thumb nail ever again but if I had let it go, I might have lost the tip of my thumb or worse so I am very grateful ...

But the lines were still there. Related: Mom's Stage 4 Melanoma Spread from Fingernail to Brain, Says She 'Begged for' Scans That Could Have Caught It Sooner Tagliamonte went to a dermatologist ...