Paranoid Louis
10-07-18, 18:57
Hi everyone,
I am having a current fear of skin cancer at the moment which almost a week ago resulted in me obsessively checking my moles and freckles.
Just two days ago, I visited my GP who looked at the three that have concerned me the most. The first one I showed her was on my chest just above my nipple. It has been there for a couple of years ( I think) but maybe it is more noticeable. The GP said it looks benign and said it looks normal as does the rest of them, even the big one on my leg. Therefore she told me to check them again in 6 months and compare them with a picture of them from before.
We then discussed my self diagnosing of several types of cancer to which she said they are rare and unlikely for my age and I have health anxiety that I should have help for. Again, she told me my moles are normal.
Fast forward to today, and I cannot stop looking at my chest mole. It's slightly painful but that could be due to me violently scratching it and no it is not itchy. It looks a little redder and maybe slightly raised but I don't know if that's because it being scratched. I don't want to go back tot he doctors twice in one week about the same issue. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I am also 19 years old and I did not have this fear until online research and closely examining myself.
I am having a current fear of skin cancer at the moment which almost a week ago resulted in me obsessively checking my moles and freckles.
Just two days ago, I visited my GP who looked at the three that have concerned me the most. The first one I showed her was on my chest just above my nipple. It has been there for a couple of years ( I think) but maybe it is more noticeable. The GP said it looks benign and said it looks normal as does the rest of them, even the big one on my leg. Therefore she told me to check them again in 6 months and compare them with a picture of them from before.
We then discussed my self diagnosing of several types of cancer to which she said they are rare and unlikely for my age and I have health anxiety that I should have help for. Again, she told me my moles are normal.
Fast forward to today, and I cannot stop looking at my chest mole. It's slightly painful but that could be due to me violently scratching it and no it is not itchy. It looks a little redder and maybe slightly raised but I don't know if that's because it being scratched. I don't want to go back tot he doctors twice in one week about the same issue. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I am also 19 years old and I did not have this fear until online research and closely examining myself.