The 85-year-old TV legend Jean Pütz can joke again: After surviving a cancer operation, a bandage adorns his forehead - a "roof damage", as the Rhinelander calls it. His further message: Everything went well, the skin tumor is gone.
Former TV presenter Jean Pütz has reported back after surviving skin cancer surgery on his forehead. The 85-year-old, who used to present the "Hobbythek" on ARD, reported to the "Bild" newspaper: "Last week I was in a clinic in Essen for five days. A 1.5-centimeter piece of skin had to be cut out under general anesthesia ." The newspaper also showed a photo of the TV star with a large bandage on his forehead.
The man with the distinctive mustache admitted: "I was scared. I thought a horn was growing on my forehead". But now everything has gone well: "I now have roof damage," joked the Rhinelander. "But I don't care about the scar, I'm healed. I don't need beauty when I'm old."
In mid-June, the 85-year-old briefly described to his fans in a video on Facebook why the surgery was necessary. There he declared that he would "go under the knife next week". The hat he wears in the clip on the subject of hydrogen has "a purpose," he said briefly in the introduction.
He showed a patch on his forehead in the video. At this point, "a cancer nested," according to the TV star, "although harmless, but he has to be operated on". The moderator, who once became famous with the "Hobbythek" series, added: "Keep your fingers crossed that this will happen without any problems."
According to the "Bild" newspaper, the malignant tumor was epithelial cancer, which often occurs on skin areas that are exposed to the sun. The chances of recovery are good in these cases - as is now the case with Jean Pütz.
