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    • June 27, 2017 at 5:39 pm
    MrG
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      Hi All,

      At the end of February I (M, 39) went for my first full body dermatology appointment and the doctor took off a mole which was then sent for a biopsy and came back severely atypical.  They removed more of my skin until they found clear margins.  During my monthly self check, my wife and I both thought we noticed a change in another mole. I went back this week and he looked at the identified mole on my lower back, upper butt and removed it.  He felt it looked fine symmetrically but felt there were two different colors in the mole. 

      Given that I got a full body scan in February, is this likely something he missed during the intitial appointment or is it possible to a mole change that quickly?  Is there usually a correlation of once one atypical mole is found more will more than likely grow/change?

      I had my wife look at the location he removed and it appears that there is a small dot or pigment remaining. Is this normal for a scrap examination or problematic that it is deeper than anticipatied?  

      Thanks in advance!

       

       

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        • March 15, 2018 at 7:15 pm
        MrG
        Participant

          I had another atypical mole removed today.  That would be 3 in a year.  One was severely atypical, one was just a common mole and the small one (2.5mm) removed today.  Do you think the derm is more cautious about removing any atypical mole given I've had a severely atyplical one in the recent past or is it more of a judgement call by the doc?

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