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Common mole?

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    • August 20, 2018 at 8:01 pm
    Nanate
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      I went to my clinic today and my doctor checked out my mole. I asked him if it was a atypical mole and he just said no, he told me it just looked liked a mole and continued by telling me to not listen to the internet because moles could infact have an irregular shape and have different shades of brown. http://i68.tinypic.com/6pxhs8_th.jpg
      He then told me what I should be looking for is black in the mole and a shape that’s more like this.
      http://i67.tinypic.com/11u9el1_th.jpg
      (I think, this is all coming from memory.) But I just want to know if this is true or not. The mole has no change in anyways I could notice through a span of 2 years. It stayed relatively the same.
      http://oi68.tinypic.com/6gis6p.jpg
      He then told me that melanoma usually is about 6mm or larger. This mole has always been 4mm. He also told me that the if I drew a line through the mole it would match the size, which I have doubts about but I’m not the doctor here.. anyways he still said that theirs no certainty and I’ll see a dermatologist and get a biopsy. Also everyone I’ve shown this too has all said it’s nothing to worry about. What do you guys think?
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        • August 20, 2018 at 9:30 pm
        SABKLYN
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          Hard to tell – bet thing is to have a dermatlogist look at it

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