The 65-year-old Hollywood veteran has previously revealed that having skin cancer took a toll on her skin.
Melanie Griffith looked stunning as she stepped out for a lunch date with a friend at San Vicente Bungalows in West Hollywood on Monday, February 06. The 65-year-old sported a trendy all-black ensemble: a turtleneck paired with a form-fitting pair of black pants and a gold-zippered leather jacket.
Last month the award-winning actress was spotted on a drive when a stitch mark was spotted near her left ear. However, during her more recent outing, the scar was not visible.
Melanie Griffith seen with new scar on her face years after skin cancer battle https://t.co/6YEjNW8Oob pic.twitter.com/VneLLjnldS
— Page Six (@PageSix) January 15, 2023
In 2020, the Lolita star said she went underwent a procedure to have some skin cancer removed from her nose. According to PEOPLE, at the time she opened up about the toll having skin cancer took on her in InStyle‘s September issue, calling the experience “a scary thing when you’re an actress and you depend on your face for work. But I realize I have to put a Band-Aid on it, and it’s fine. I just look like a dork,” she said.
“It’s a different deal when you’re older,” Griffith continued. “And we’re old. I don’t mean it badly, and I don’t mean it like, ‘Oh, poor me,’ or anything like that. It’s just a different deal when you’re an older person. It’s different from being the hot stuff to being the old hot stuff.”
She also shared a post on Instagram in 2018 revealing that she was "bandaged again after having dermabrasion, the final step to fix the now removed basil cell skin cancer." The Shining Through actress also shared advice to followers asking them to get it fixed if they have it. "If you lay in the sun, are exposed to lots of sun, be CAREFUL. Use sunscreen. Get checked out by your Dermatolgist. If you don’t have one, get one, or go to your nearest clinic and ask to be tested for it," she wrote.
The Oscar-nominated Griffith is spending more time with friends and family and slowing down the pace of her career by taking on fewer acting jobs. Griffith reportedly advised her daughter Dakota Johnson against acting, despite so many members of the family being in the industry. This includes not just Griffith and Hedren but also Dakota's dad, Don Johnson, and former stepdad, Antonio Banderas.
Melanie Griffith, Antonio Banderas, Pedro Almodóvar & Dakota Johnson 💕 #PainAndGlory is Now Playing pic.twitter.com/JrpH1nqjBY
— Sony Pictures Classics (@sonyclassics) October 29, 2019
"They discouraged [me]," Johnson told W Magazine of her parents' advice towards her pursuing acting. "See how well that turned out? But I understood. They wanted me to have as much of a childhood as I could." When the 50 Shades of Grey star was asked how old she was when she knew she wanted to act, Johnson said, "Nothing old. Zero old. I couldn't wait because I grew up on set. My parents were always working with amazing artists, and I just loved it," she said. "I wanted to be a part of it so badly."
References:
https://people.com/movies/melanie-griffith-cancer-removed-nose/
https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/dakota-johnson-the-lost-daughter-interview-2022
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