isybelle
29-10-15, 17:08
Hi all
I posted recently about discovering moles I never knew I had
The one that I found first (and started this panic off) is on my face and neither me or my partner thought we had noticed it before.
I went to the GP who referred me to mole clinic.
I was so panicked I asked my partner to check me for other moles. He found 2 that don't look like normal moles.
The one I'm most worried about is at the top of my leg under bum cheek on the side. It's not an area I've ever looked at before.
The mole is 4mm long by 2mm wide, really dark brown (parts looks black in some lights) one edge is slightly jagged and there's a bump in it. I think the bump could be a hair folicle (I have raised hair folicles all over my legs and upper arms like chicken skin)
The thins calming me down are:
I found it 2 weeks ago and it hasn't grown or changed colour
It's smaller than the end of a pencil
The fact it's not symmetrical, so dark and different shades have convinced me it's melanoma
I had dermoscope at mole clinic and am waiting for results now, I'm so scared.
My partner and parents say it just looks like a normal mole but it doesn't! It looks similar to some pictures of melanoma except maybe smaller
Can anyone help me feel better?
---------- Post added at 17:08 ---------- Previous post was at 17:06 ----------
Oh forgot to say since initial panic I've gone back an looked at photos and the one on my face has been there for at least 2 years and hasn't changed from the looks of it
That's why I'm less worried about that one now...but it has led to me discovering these others!
I posted recently about discovering moles I never knew I had
The one that I found first (and started this panic off) is on my face and neither me or my partner thought we had noticed it before.
I went to the GP who referred me to mole clinic.
I was so panicked I asked my partner to check me for other moles. He found 2 that don't look like normal moles.
The one I'm most worried about is at the top of my leg under bum cheek on the side. It's not an area I've ever looked at before.
The mole is 4mm long by 2mm wide, really dark brown (parts looks black in some lights) one edge is slightly jagged and there's a bump in it. I think the bump could be a hair folicle (I have raised hair folicles all over my legs and upper arms like chicken skin)
The thins calming me down are:
I found it 2 weeks ago and it hasn't grown or changed colour
It's smaller than the end of a pencil
The fact it's not symmetrical, so dark and different shades have convinced me it's melanoma
I had dermoscope at mole clinic and am waiting for results now, I'm so scared.
My partner and parents say it just looks like a normal mole but it doesn't! It looks similar to some pictures of melanoma except maybe smaller
Can anyone help me feel better?
---------- Post added at 17:08 ---------- Previous post was at 17:06 ----------
Oh forgot to say since initial panic I've gone back an looked at photos and the one on my face has been there for at least 2 years and hasn't changed from the looks of it
That's why I'm less worried about that one now...but it has led to me discovering these others!