mcohen
24-09-19, 23:32
24/M. Back in early June i noticed a red mark on my shin, a bit smaller than a pencil eraser. I remember at the time thinking that it sort of looked like a mole turning red/scaly (which concerned me), but don't recall ever having a mole there. With how severe my HA is I can say with a degree of certainty that if there had been a mole there i would have known about it, I'm aware of where virtually all the moles on my body are, particularly the ones that concern me more.
I put it to the back of my mind, but about a month later I noticed it now looked like a cut/scar, in terms of size if anything it looked a little smaller. It did have a scar like appearance, and looked a bit 'shiny' but with a pinky red colour. It stayed pretty much the same over the next couple of months. I remained suspicious over this period. I went to the doctor last week and showed it to him - he very quickly glanced at it and said 'it looks like a scar' and moved on. Now, it does not look red at all, it still looks a little scar like in its texture, however, it is now a very pale brown and looks quite a lot like a mole which has worried me.
I'm now thinking has the doctor dismissed it when it could have been a mole all along, and presumably if it was a mole it would not be normal for it to tun big red and scaly, before turning scar like and pale brown. Would it be possible for a melanoma to present in this way?
On a separate not, on the other shin, I have my whole life had a slightly odd shaped but otherwise normal mole. I have had it checked by doctors a few times over the years and they have always insisted that it was fine. Over the past 12 months or so it has very gradually started to shrink and fade away. It is a little bit paler than it used to be, it's border appears a little more 'blurred' and it's perhaps a 1/3 smaller than it originally was. I've read that moles can shrink at my age, but that they are often accompanied by a 'halo', i can definitively say this mole does not, and never has had at any point, a halo, but is definitely very slowly shrinking and fading. Is this normal without a halo or could this meet the 'evolution' box of ABCDE and warrant a look. I meant to mention this at the same time as the above to the doctor, but felt very rushed by him and forgot.
I would be grateful for any advice or opinions. I have been prescribed treatment for my HA.
I put it to the back of my mind, but about a month later I noticed it now looked like a cut/scar, in terms of size if anything it looked a little smaller. It did have a scar like appearance, and looked a bit 'shiny' but with a pinky red colour. It stayed pretty much the same over the next couple of months. I remained suspicious over this period. I went to the doctor last week and showed it to him - he very quickly glanced at it and said 'it looks like a scar' and moved on. Now, it does not look red at all, it still looks a little scar like in its texture, however, it is now a very pale brown and looks quite a lot like a mole which has worried me.
I'm now thinking has the doctor dismissed it when it could have been a mole all along, and presumably if it was a mole it would not be normal for it to tun big red and scaly, before turning scar like and pale brown. Would it be possible for a melanoma to present in this way?
On a separate not, on the other shin, I have my whole life had a slightly odd shaped but otherwise normal mole. I have had it checked by doctors a few times over the years and they have always insisted that it was fine. Over the past 12 months or so it has very gradually started to shrink and fade away. It is a little bit paler than it used to be, it's border appears a little more 'blurred' and it's perhaps a 1/3 smaller than it originally was. I've read that moles can shrink at my age, but that they are often accompanied by a 'halo', i can definitively say this mole does not, and never has had at any point, a halo, but is definitely very slowly shrinking and fading. Is this normal without a halo or could this meet the 'evolution' box of ABCDE and warrant a look. I meant to mention this at the same time as the above to the doctor, but felt very rushed by him and forgot.
I would be grateful for any advice or opinions. I have been prescribed treatment for my HA.