A mother who went viral after documenting her skin cancer battle on TikTok has sadly passed away.
Kassidy Pierson was diagnosed with melanoma at the age of 21, and recently gained a huge following on TikTok after sharing the realities of the disease.
Her sister took to TikTok on September 9th to reveal the sad news, saying: “I’m coming on here to let you guys know that she did pass away.”
“She was with her fiancé. She was not alone. She was not in pain. I wanted to also come on and thank you so much for following and supporting her,” she continued.
As tributes flood the internet, many are thanking her for raising awareness of melanoma and urging people to check their skin.
Here’s Kassidy’s story…
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Kassidy was diagnosed with melanoma at 21
Kassidy, who was 27 when she passed away earlier this month, noticed some changes to a mole on her thigh when she was 18-years-old.
The mole that she’d had for her whole life had suddenly changed in size and colour and become itchy and dry, but she ignored it as she had no idea that these were signs of melanoma.
At the time, she also didn’t have health insurance and was pregnant, so didn’t see it as a priority.
However, three years later when she was 21-years-old, she finally got it checked out and was diagnosed with melanoma, the worst type of skin cancer.
The melanoma had already reached stage 3, and a year later, another scan showed that it had reached stage 4 and spread to the rest of her body.
For the next five years, she then underwent many surgeries and treatments before sadly passing away from the melanoma at the age of 27 in September 2021.
She documented her journey on TikTok
In 2020, Kassidy decided to start documenting her melanoma battle on her TikTok account @ohhkayypee.
She realised that if she had got the mole checked sooner, the melanoma could have been caught at an earlier stage which could have potentially saved her life.
So, she started making TikTok videos to warn other people about the importance of checking their moles.
In her videos, she showed her moles and lumps and said: “Don’t be stupid TikTok, this is what skin cancer looks like, get your skin checked.”
Over the next few months, she then documented her treatments, tumours and answered people’s questions about skin cancer.
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Kassidy gained a huge following
In total, Kassidy gained a huge 234,000 followers and 1.3 million likes.
She built up a following of people from around the world who followed her cancer journey and were devastated about her death.
One TikTok user commented: “She’s a big part of why I got my skin checked. I found out today I have stage 0 melanoma. She may have saved my life?.”
“She was a brave, kind, beautiful soul and there’s no telling how many people she may have helped by sharing her story. I’m so glad she knew and felt how much her TikTok family cared and loved her,” wrote another.
A third person added: “Kassidy started such a powerful movement here. She has saved countless lives. Remember all she did and the great light she brought while on earth❤️.”
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