Bride-to-be who bravely shared skin cancer scars is hounded by trolls who say she 'made it all up'

Gemma Cottam, 25, from Skelmersdale, Lancashire, was left with a horseshoe scar from her ear to her chin after battling stage three melanoma (scar shown, left and right). The disease had spread to her lymph nodes, which had to be removed, but during the operation her nerves were cut and she lost the ability to lose her left arm. 


After posting pictures on social media to warn others of the dangers of skin cancer, she was devastated to be bombarded with cruel messages in response (inset). Trolls said she was a scammer who was making up her illness for attention - abuse she said was hard to deal with while simultaneously battling cancer. She said: 'It completely devastated me to be honest, I'm here fighting for my life and people think it's OK to say stuff like that it's shocking. People just need to watch what they're saying to cancer survivors, we have enough to deal with and who are they to say that someone is faking it?'