Reoccurrence within a WLE scar?
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Reoccurrence within a WLE scar?

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    • December 21, 2015 at 2:49 am
    eemmiillyy
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    Hi everyone,

    I was diagnosed with melanoma in situ when I was 18 years old (back in 2012). The little spot looked like a very irregular freckle that had multiple colors and was growing quickly. I found it on on my own, and the derm did a biopsy then a WLE a week later. The scar is ~3in. long, and the stitches ripped during healing so the center is also about the size/width of a quarter.

    I know there's a pretty low chance for reoccurrence following a WLE on such an early stage of the disease, but today I noticed a new freckle right in the middle of the scar. I look at the scar in the tub fairly often, so I know it's new… And this is how and where the last one started.

    Is this something I should be worried about? Do any of you have experience with in-scar reoccurrences? Especially with in situ levels?

    Thank you!
    -Emily

     

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      • December 22, 2015 at 4:32 pm
      Janner
      Participant

      I have no experience with recurrences in my WLE scar.  I do have experience with freckles in my WLE scar.  I have 3 WLE scars on my back that are located in a field of freckles.  Freckles have invaded the scars and look bad but they haven't changed in years and I'm letting them be.  I also have non-melanoma scars that have pigment in them in areas not prone to freckles on me.  The thing is — repigmentation does not HAVE to mean melanoma.  However, anytime you get pigmentation in a melanoma scar, it should at least be checked out by your derm.

      • December 22, 2015 at 4:32 pm
      Janner
      Participant

      I have no experience with recurrences in my WLE scar.  I do have experience with freckles in my WLE scar.  I have 3 WLE scars on my back that are located in a field of freckles.  Freckles have invaded the scars and look bad but they haven't changed in years and I'm letting them be.  I also have non-melanoma scars that have pigment in them in areas not prone to freckles on me.  The thing is — repigmentation does not HAVE to mean melanoma.  However, anytime you get pigmentation in a melanoma scar, it should at least be checked out by your derm.

      • December 22, 2015 at 4:32 pm
      Janner
      Participant

      I have no experience with recurrences in my WLE scar.  I do have experience with freckles in my WLE scar.  I have 3 WLE scars on my back that are located in a field of freckles.  Freckles have invaded the scars and look bad but they haven't changed in years and I'm letting them be.  I also have non-melanoma scars that have pigment in them in areas not prone to freckles on me.  The thing is — repigmentation does not HAVE to mean melanoma.  However, anytime you get pigmentation in a melanoma scar, it should at least be checked out by your derm.

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