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      carrotland
      Participant
      That last link under the 27/12 headline shouldn’t be there!
      That was on the first day, so disregard that one!
      carrotland
      Participant
      I don’t think the brown colouration has grown, but it used to be a flat mole and then developed the raised bit in the centre a few years ago, and that raised bit is the part that puffed right up the other night!
      3 days later, it looks much more normal.
      We’re up in a remote part of Scotland at the moment and the closest Mole mapping clinic is 5 hours away, with no appts until 3rd Jan, by which time we will be home again.
      The soonest I can book into a mole mapping place nearer home, would be the 7th Jan.
      Who else can you go and see?
      In Australia they had designated Skin cancer clinics that knew their stuff, but I am not sure where to look here?
      What is MM?
      Is that Metastatic Melanoma?
      I have realised looking at material that I actually have alot of atyical moles.
      I just thought i had this one in the middle of my back, but have realised looking at pics that there are alot of non round/standard type blotches on my skin.
      I just thought they were freckles because they aren’t brown, round moles, but lighter.
      This one has always been a light brown, but not a sold mole- rather more of a mole stain, rather than a solid opaque spot if you know what i mean, so i think I would do well to go to a mole mapping place where they really pay attention, and do it annually, as i can’t see my own back and my husband is colourblind, so can’t see the redness so much.
      carrotland
      Participant
      Thanks.
      How can i attach an image here?
      I took pics every day from the 24/12 to today and it has changed dramatically.
      The middle was like a small peppercorn the other day, now it has flattened out again to similar to what it usually is, but is still reddened.
      I emailed them through to my local doctors clinic as i am away in a remote area at the moment, and the doctor looked at them and sent it over to dermatology for them to look at.She said they would assess the pics in triage and determine how quickly they thought I needed to be seen.
      I put the pics up on Image shack- you can see how different it looked a few days ago.

      This is the first day i noticed it lie this 24/12
      http://imageshack.com/a/img924/5403/fHdqHN.jpg
      http://imageshack.com/a/img922/1254/HXwuxU.png

      25/12
      http://imageshack.com/a/img924/8214/RcpMUt.jpg

      26/12
      http://imageshack.com/a/img921/3163/uxKxME.jpg

      27/12
      http://imageshack.com/a/img924/5620/XsZsFa.jpg
      http://imageshack.com/a/img924/9135/kG55g7.jpg

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