3 punch biopsies ugh

I'm in my 40s so left it way too late to get my skin checked thoroughly …  as a result, it seemed for the first six month I visited the derm three times and every single time something was removed, and some of those were highly dysplastic so needed further skin removed. Just the stress of waiting for biopsies was awful, even when the results were ok. However, it was kind of a 14-year overdue catchup for someone who has sizzled in a very hot sunny climate since birth. At about the one year mark everything that did look dodgy had been removed, I went to two different doctors for second opinions/full skin checks and nothing more has been removed since. It really does settle down, but if you are a worrier like you and I (I also have young kids) then of course we torture ourselves with worry much more than we should.

I'm only really a year out but a year makes all the difference. The first 9 months or so was awful, just one excision after another… I felt like I constantly had stitches from biopsies or wider excisions. Now it's a six-monthly thing and I know exactly what's on my skin so don't even really feel anxious about skin checks. Of course, anyone with melanoma has a corner of worry in their mind, but trust me, it does get better with time.

I'm only really a year out but a year makes all the difference. The first 9 months or so was awful, just one excision after another… I felt like I constantly had stitches from biopsies or wider excisions. Now it's a six-monthly thing and I know exactly what's on my skin so don't even really feel anxious about skin checks. Of course, anyone with melanoma has a corner of worry in their mind, but trust me, it does get better with time.

I'm only really a year out but a year makes all the difference. The first 9 months or so was awful, just one excision after another… I felt like I constantly had stitches from biopsies or wider excisions. Now it's a six-monthly thing and I know exactly what's on my skin so don't even really feel anxious about skin checks. Of course, anyone with melanoma has a corner of worry in their mind, but trust me, it does get better with time.

I'm in my 40s so left it way too late to get my skin checked thoroughly …  as a result, it seemed for the first six month I visited the derm three times and every single time something was removed, and some of those were highly dysplastic so needed further skin removed. Just the stress of waiting for biopsies was awful, even when the results were ok. However, it was kind of a 14-year overdue catchup for someone who has sizzled in a very hot sunny climate since birth. At about the one year mark everything that did look dodgy had been removed, I went to two different doctors for second opinions/full skin checks and nothing more has been removed since. It really does settle down, but if you are a worrier like you and I (I also have young kids) then of course we torture ourselves with worry much more than we should.

I'm in my 40s so left it way too late to get my skin checked thoroughly …  as a result, it seemed for the first six month I visited the derm three times and every single time something was removed, and some of those were highly dysplastic so needed further skin removed. Just the stress of waiting for biopsies was awful, even when the results were ok. However, it was kind of a 14-year overdue catchup for someone who has sizzled in a very hot sunny climate since birth. At about the one year mark everything that did look dodgy had been removed, I went to two different doctors for second opinions/full skin checks and nothing more has been removed since. It really does settle down, but if you are a worrier like you and I (I also have young kids) then of course we torture ourselves with worry much more than we should.