Originally Posted by
NervUs
Photos that you take yourself aren't really very reliable since lighting, distance from the lens, angle, etc are ALL going to affect how the mole appears. From what I understand (I have Masters degree in melanoma given how many hours I've spent reading about it, lol), it is unlikely to develop a year after a sunburn; it's more like decades and sun exposure in childhood and adolescence. Maybe knowing you had the sunburn is causing you to associate melanoma with the mole, even though it is highly unlikely. IN other words, you're telling yourself a story, and you have the power to put a stop to it.
I do think you should get the mole checked, since you have the perception (real or imagined) that it changed, or even just b/c it stands out to you. I have had multiple changing moles turn out to be nothing more than mildly atypical, so please know that it is a possibility and actually a much more likely scenario than melanoma-- and that's even if there's anything abnormal about the mole at all.