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Biopsy – Now Worried

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    • August 10, 2016 at 4:18 pm
    asdff12344
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      Hi everybody:

      I'm new here.  Here is a little background.  I am 27 years old, male, Asian.  I have been sunburnt before.  More importantly, I got sunburnt a lot in high school (I used to live near the beach) to the point my skin started to peel.  I have no history of skin cancer or melanoma.  I had no issues with it until now. 

      Recently, I checked my already-existing mole (I think it is a mole).  I had it for a couple years (maybe 2 years).  It does not look like a mole.  It is circular with no middle (the middle is a normal skin patch).  There are no ABCDE signs.  What caught my eye was that it became darker.  Nothing changd about it, but it did grow darker.  Thus, the doctor wanted me to get a biopsy, which I did this morning.

      I did go out to the sun last month.  One, in Las Vegas (swam outside for maybe an hour).  Second, July 4th (where I swam in the ocean for about an hour).  Would this make this scab/mole-looking thing darker?  Should I be worried?  The original color was a light brown.  Now it is a darker brown.

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        • August 10, 2016 at 4:28 pm
        jennunicorn
        Participant

          Waiting for biopsy results is no fun, we fully understand the anxiety there.

          Yes, moles and freckles and most skin spots can get darker from sun exposure. It is good you've gotten this mole biopsied, but there is a very good chance that it is not melanoma. Not much you can do now except wait for the results. Try not to focus on the fact that you've been in the sun a lot… a lot of people can be lifelong sun worshipers and never get any form of skin cancer… (my mom is a big example)…. and others can never have had a bad sunburn and always have been super careful not to get too much sun and end up with melanoma (that would be me). 

          Try and not think too hard about this, wishing for nothing but good results for you.

            • August 11, 2016 at 2:37 am
            asdff12344
            Participant

              Thank you very much for your reply and your wishes.  It makes me feel a lot better.  I will try not to think a lot about it, but that is hard to do.  Good luck to you too, and I also wish nothing but good results for you too.

              • August 11, 2016 at 2:37 am
              asdff12344
              Participant

                Thank you very much for your reply and your wishes.  It makes me feel a lot better.  I will try not to think a lot about it, but that is hard to do.  Good luck to you too, and I also wish nothing but good results for you too.

                • August 11, 2016 at 2:37 am
                asdff12344
                Participant

                  Thank you very much for your reply and your wishes.  It makes me feel a lot better.  I will try not to think a lot about it, but that is hard to do.  Good luck to you too, and I also wish nothing but good results for you too.

                • August 10, 2016 at 4:28 pm
                jennunicorn
                Participant

                  Waiting for biopsy results is no fun, we fully understand the anxiety there.

                  Yes, moles and freckles and most skin spots can get darker from sun exposure. It is good you've gotten this mole biopsied, but there is a very good chance that it is not melanoma. Not much you can do now except wait for the results. Try not to focus on the fact that you've been in the sun a lot… a lot of people can be lifelong sun worshipers and never get any form of skin cancer… (my mom is a big example)…. and others can never have had a bad sunburn and always have been super careful not to get too much sun and end up with melanoma (that would be me). 

                  Try and not think too hard about this, wishing for nothing but good results for you.

                  • August 10, 2016 at 4:28 pm
                  jennunicorn
                  Participant

                    Waiting for biopsy results is no fun, we fully understand the anxiety there.

                    Yes, moles and freckles and most skin spots can get darker from sun exposure. It is good you've gotten this mole biopsied, but there is a very good chance that it is not melanoma. Not much you can do now except wait for the results. Try not to focus on the fact that you've been in the sun a lot… a lot of people can be lifelong sun worshipers and never get any form of skin cancer… (my mom is a big example)…. and others can never have had a bad sunburn and always have been super careful not to get too much sun and end up with melanoma (that would be me). 

                    Try and not think too hard about this, wishing for nothing but good results for you.

                    • August 16, 2016 at 5:29 pm
                    asdff12344
                    Participant

                      Hello everybody:

                      Fortunately, the mole was not cancerous.  However, it was extemely atypical.  If I waited a couple years it could have become cancerous.  So I was lucky I got it off early.  I just had the roots taken out.  It should be fine now.

                      thank you everybody and I hope everything works out for everybody here.

                      • August 16, 2016 at 5:29 pm
                      asdff12344
                      Participant

                        Hello everybody:

                        Fortunately, the mole was not cancerous.  However, it was extemely atypical.  If I waited a couple years it could have become cancerous.  So I was lucky I got it off early.  I just had the roots taken out.  It should be fine now.

                        thank you everybody and I hope everything works out for everybody here.

                        • August 16, 2016 at 5:29 pm
                        asdff12344
                        Participant

                          Hello everybody:

                          Fortunately, the mole was not cancerous.  However, it was extemely atypical.  If I waited a couple years it could have become cancerous.  So I was lucky I got it off early.  I just had the roots taken out.  It should be fine now.

                          thank you everybody and I hope everything works out for everybody here.

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