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Mole within tattoo getting bigger, making tattoo disappear?
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Mole within tattoo getting bigger, making tattoo disappear?

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    • July 9, 2014 at 2:27 pm
    KnowThyself
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      Hello All,

      Ive noticed since I got my tatoo on my stomach, a mole that they tattood over at the time has been getting slightly larger… Though Ive put on a few lbs, and the skin has stretched a tiny biy anyway, it worries me because a little line of the tattoo has disappeared and the mole seems to have gotten bigger (across AND upward) ….Ive read on tattoo forums that it's not good to tattoo right over a mole, but he did anyway, I have a smaller freckle/mole growing next to it too but that one has not gotten bigger. Ive had melanoma before (thin-completely excised)

      Anyone else have issues with moles inside of tattoos? What doe sit look like? Has it come back positive?

      I need to see the dermatologist anyway, but can't get in until october…

       

      Help?!

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        • July 9, 2014 at 4:50 pm
        ltalley
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          I know how hard it is to get in to a dermatologists, but in the mean time a regular doctor can do a biopsy on it and let you know if it's melanoma. And if it comes back as melanoma a doctor can always tend to get someone in to a dermatologists sooner than the individual themself. I would aim to do that since you do have a history of melanoma already… Better to be safe than sorry.. Good luck to you and please keep us updated..

          • July 9, 2014 at 4:50 pm
          ltalley
          Participant

            I know how hard it is to get in to a dermatologists, but in the mean time a regular doctor can do a biopsy on it and let you know if it's melanoma. And if it comes back as melanoma a doctor can always tend to get someone in to a dermatologists sooner than the individual themself. I would aim to do that since you do have a history of melanoma already… Better to be safe than sorry.. Good luck to you and please keep us updated..

            • July 9, 2014 at 4:50 pm
            ltalley
            Participant

              I know how hard it is to get in to a dermatologists, but in the mean time a regular doctor can do a biopsy on it and let you know if it's melanoma. And if it comes back as melanoma a doctor can always tend to get someone in to a dermatologists sooner than the individual themself. I would aim to do that since you do have a history of melanoma already… Better to be safe than sorry.. Good luck to you and please keep us updated..

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