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Just don’t know

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    • October 4, 2015 at 5:17 pm
    Chris88
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    Hi I'm 27 years old and when I was a kid I got badly burned in the sun and ever since had a mole on my back it had alway been small and my mum did take me to my doctor to have it looked at and he said it was fine but if it changed come back I can't remember a lot of this as I said I was a young boy now at the age ov 27 I can alway remember having this particular mole and have noticed it changing over the years growing up as a teenager through school and all through my 20s I know I haven't had it looked at since I was four from what my mum tells me but she is now very concerned as she noticed it last week and she told me that a doctor told her I would have a really high risk ov devolving skin cancer and to watch the mole very carefully which she has said both her and my dad were keeping an eye on it looking for changes and as it didn't over a year they stopped I grew up and they hadn't really thought about it it's 1inch wide and 3 quarters  ov an inch tall it has three different shades of brown it has a rugged edging and surrounding like in island surrounded in sand but not if you get what I mean and in the last 4 months been itching like hell any advise please 

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      • October 4, 2015 at 5:49 pm
      Patina
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      Go to a dermatologist right away and have hime or her look at ti and insist that a biopsy be done.  (I'd take a photo too, just for record keeping.)

      If it is nothing you will get it off your mind. If it is something you can take action.

      You don't want to ignore this. Based on your description I would go to a dermatologist right away.

      • October 4, 2015 at 5:49 pm
      Patina
      Participant

      Go to a dermatologist right away and have hime or her look at ti and insist that a biopsy be done.  (I'd take a photo too, just for record keeping.)

      If it is nothing you will get it off your mind. If it is something you can take action.

      You don't want to ignore this. Based on your description I would go to a dermatologist right away.

      • October 4, 2015 at 5:49 pm
      Patina
      Participant

      Go to a dermatologist right away and have hime or her look at ti and insist that a biopsy be done.  (I'd take a photo too, just for record keeping.)

      If it is nothing you will get it off your mind. If it is something you can take action.

      You don't want to ignore this. Based on your description I would go to a dermatologist right away.

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