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I have had a mole on my back for as long as I can remember. Recently I have developed a bit of hypochondria about everything for some reason. lol.
Anyway over the last year and a half, whenever I have been to the doc I have had them take a look at it. They all take a look at it and say, "it looks fine to me". I have also been to a dermatoligist and she looked at it and said, "it looks fine".
with more then 3 doctors and 1 dermatoligst all saying that it is fine, you would think that i would forget about it. the problem is, i have done searches on the internet for "melanoma" and it has scared me to shit. lol.
I keep reading about the "ABCD" system.
"A B C D" warning signs to watch for:
Asymmetry - any changes in the uniformity of the shape of the mole.
Border - any irregularity in the margins of the mole, or blurring of the borders.
Color - various colors, with irregular shades of brown, blue, black, or loss of pigmentation of a portion of the mole.
Diameter - an increase in the size of a mole, with a diameter greater than 6 millimeters, or a quarter of an inch (size of eraserhead of a pencil).
My mole is a perfect circle shape, it has a border to it, the color is all the same. It dosent stick out or anything like that, its flat. The only part that scares me is the Diameter part. My mole is bigger then an eraser head. I would say its slightly less then half an inch but def bigger then an eraser head.
Just wondering what your thoughts are. All the docs tell me its fine but still I worry..
Does anyone else have a mole bigger then the size of an eraserhead?
Thanks
Anyway over the last year and a half, whenever I have been to the doc I have had them take a look at it. They all take a look at it and say, "it looks fine to me". I have also been to a dermatoligist and she looked at it and said, "it looks fine".
with more then 3 doctors and 1 dermatoligst all saying that it is fine, you would think that i would forget about it. the problem is, i have done searches on the internet for "melanoma" and it has scared me to shit. lol.
I keep reading about the "ABCD" system.
"A B C D" warning signs to watch for:
Asymmetry - any changes in the uniformity of the shape of the mole.
Border - any irregularity in the margins of the mole, or blurring of the borders.
Color - various colors, with irregular shades of brown, blue, black, or loss of pigmentation of a portion of the mole.
Diameter - an increase in the size of a mole, with a diameter greater than 6 millimeters, or a quarter of an inch (size of eraserhead of a pencil).
My mole is a perfect circle shape, it has a border to it, the color is all the same. It dosent stick out or anything like that, its flat. The only part that scares me is the Diameter part. My mole is bigger then an eraser head. I would say its slightly less then half an inch but def bigger then an eraser head.
Just wondering what your thoughts are. All the docs tell me its fine but still I worry..
Does anyone else have a mole bigger then the size of an eraserhead?
Thanks
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