elle95
06-03-22, 01:05
Almost two years without loggin in and I'm back for advice.. I'm 26 year old black woman of mainly african and then some european ancestry. My skin tone is simlar to that of Naomi Campbell.
I've had about 5 or 6 moles before turning 20 on different parts of my body. Last year, I discovered a new mole on my hairline and didn't worry about it. Then months later, discovered another one on my stomach and I was like ''uh??? ok...''. I think that was a couple months ago.
But today, while scratching my right foot, I noticed there was a new mole in there that I have never ever seen there before. The mole is not on my sole but it is near my ankle. Looks round, dark, normal edges and it is not big. Looks like a ''Pretty harmless mole'' but the thing that is freaking me out it is because it seemed to have popped up overnight.
Like, two days ago I was buying shoes ad trying them and never saw a mole in there. When I shower I used a brush all around my feet but it's not like I look closely to them so I just don't know.
And of course I did the usual googling and a lot of Melanoma articles and pictures came up. This is totally freaking me out. I had no idea that this cancer was so aggresive and awful :( literally the deadliest skin cancer and methastizes in a short time to the brain. That's really horrifying.
So I barely spend time outdoors, I rarely tan but I do even though my skin is dark. I get a lot of hyperpigmentation too.
I know that because I am black and melanoma is so rare in darker skinned people but it can still happen and black people are often misdiagnosed and then it ends up being too late. I'm so worried about this and can't put my mind at ease.
I'm back to my health worries after three years of being in some sort of ''remission''. I was starting to feel a little bit more optimistic and enthusiastic about my future, looking forward to go to SPain for my masters. But now I'm back to my old ways of thinking I am doomed and will die young anytime soon.
If it was something I couldn't see maybe I would't be this concerned but unfortunately I can see that new mole and the others they are there on my skin sigh.
Any advice on how to cope with this?
I've had about 5 or 6 moles before turning 20 on different parts of my body. Last year, I discovered a new mole on my hairline and didn't worry about it. Then months later, discovered another one on my stomach and I was like ''uh??? ok...''. I think that was a couple months ago.
But today, while scratching my right foot, I noticed there was a new mole in there that I have never ever seen there before. The mole is not on my sole but it is near my ankle. Looks round, dark, normal edges and it is not big. Looks like a ''Pretty harmless mole'' but the thing that is freaking me out it is because it seemed to have popped up overnight.
Like, two days ago I was buying shoes ad trying them and never saw a mole in there. When I shower I used a brush all around my feet but it's not like I look closely to them so I just don't know.
And of course I did the usual googling and a lot of Melanoma articles and pictures came up. This is totally freaking me out. I had no idea that this cancer was so aggresive and awful :( literally the deadliest skin cancer and methastizes in a short time to the brain. That's really horrifying.
So I barely spend time outdoors, I rarely tan but I do even though my skin is dark. I get a lot of hyperpigmentation too.
I know that because I am black and melanoma is so rare in darker skinned people but it can still happen and black people are often misdiagnosed and then it ends up being too late. I'm so worried about this and can't put my mind at ease.
I'm back to my health worries after three years of being in some sort of ''remission''. I was starting to feel a little bit more optimistic and enthusiastic about my future, looking forward to go to SPain for my masters. But now I'm back to my old ways of thinking I am doomed and will die young anytime soon.
If it was something I couldn't see maybe I would't be this concerned but unfortunately I can see that new mole and the others they are there on my skin sigh.
Any advice on how to cope with this?