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    • January 8, 2017 at 8:12 pm
    gregor913
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      I had a wle for a insitu mole on my back. Its been 3 weeks since surgery. I just had all the stitches removed and noticed a brown spot near the scar line about a mm or 2 away hard to tell. Before surgery i had a mole under this new spot about a few centimeters. Im wondering if after the wle was sewn back the mole moved higher up that was under it. Either way im having it removed friday. What do you guys think? Can melanoma grow that fast and do you think its a reoccurrance. Or the mole that was underneath it. Its flat and light brown, no bumps. Sorry i have anxiety and depression issues. Thank you
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        • January 8, 2017 at 9:12 pm
        Treadlightly
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          It is probably nothing. I had a brown spot appear right in the scar of my WLE a short time afterwards. It looked just as you have described…flat, light brown, with no bumps.The spot was removed and tested and turned out to be nothing. I have seen a couple more show up on my scar line and have not done anything about them. My doctors have never even comment on these spots during my semi-annual check-ups. It seems that scar tissue is just susceptible to the appearance of these spots.

          Hoping it is nothing for you! 

          Best of luck,
          Mark 2A

          • January 8, 2017 at 9:12 pm
          Treadlightly
          Participant

            It is probably nothing. I had a brown spot appear right in the scar of my WLE a short time afterwards. It looked just as you have described…flat, light brown, with no bumps.The spot was removed and tested and turned out to be nothing. I have seen a couple more show up on my scar line and have not done anything about them. My doctors have never even comment on these spots during my semi-annual check-ups. It seems that scar tissue is just susceptible to the appearance of these spots.

            Hoping it is nothing for you! 

            Best of luck,
            Mark 2A

            • January 8, 2017 at 9:12 pm
            Treadlightly
            Participant

              It is probably nothing. I had a brown spot appear right in the scar of my WLE a short time afterwards. It looked just as you have described…flat, light brown, with no bumps.The spot was removed and tested and turned out to be nothing. I have seen a couple more show up on my scar line and have not done anything about them. My doctors have never even comment on these spots during my semi-annual check-ups. It seems that scar tissue is just susceptible to the appearance of these spots.

              Hoping it is nothing for you! 

              Best of luck,
              Mark 2A

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