Hi everyone! Been beside myself for a few days so just feel like I need to do a little post on here.
I genuinely have convinced myself I have melanoma. I have a mole on my arm which I have had since childhood/as long as I can remember. Recently, it started getting flaky and crusty, and it’s worse when I shower, I can just peel parts of it off and the crusty bit is black.
Obviously when I noticed this it sent me into meltdown. I have no other signs of change in my mole but the crusting alone is enough to freak me out. I have been reading about ulcerated moles and I’m pretty sure my one is ulcerated, and that’s apparently a dangerous sign of melanoma.
I’m only 22 and i’ve never even had one sunburn in my life. I hate the sun, always have. My mum used to slap me in factor 50 sun cream when I was a child and I still put it on now whenever it’s even slightly warm outside.
No family history of cancer either. Due to this reason and the fact I have had a small amount of sun exposure in my whole 22 years, i’d be so shocked if it turns out to be melanoma. But i’m also so convinced that it is.
I’ve paid for a private dermatologist because I just cannot bare with the long wait through the NHS. I spoke to my GP yesterday and showed her an image of the mole. She said she couldn’t see how it looked cracked but it’s SO obvious! and bits of it had flaked off!!! She then said she will show the derm at the GP practice and call me back in a week with what the derm had to say. Obviously, with health anxiety a week feels like way too long of a wait, so I have a private consultation tomorrow.
Has anyone else ever experienced mole changes from moles they have had since childhood? Any flaking/crusting of a mole? It’s just horrible this feeling.
https://imgur.com/a/a0g9BsX here is an image of the mole
Thank you
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