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How fast to act (again)?

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    • December 12, 2018 at 6:20 pm
    grovbollen
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      Hello people. I have recently been diagnosed with melanoma in situ. My mole was around 1-2 mm and had black dots in it, so i got it removed within 2 days of seeing it. Now after ive got it removed, i found another dodgy mole. I went to the hospital where my other mole was removed to get it checked, however they didnt think it looked that dodgy, but said i could get it removed in 2 weeks. I strongly disagree with them, cause it lookes a little worse than the mole i got removed. This one it raised and has dots around its border, the other was flat and only has a black line running through it. Should i call to get it removed earlier? I dont want it to spread just because i waited with getting it removed… 🙁

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        • December 12, 2018 at 7:13 pm
        Janner
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          Most melanoma is very slow growing.  2 weeks is nothing for most lesions, that's actually extremely fast to be seen.  Most have to wait for much longer to get appointments.  I knew I had a second melanoma primary and waited 3 months to get it removed (insurance issues).  It was early in situ.  Remember, most people ~90% never have more than 1 primary.  A good method is to take photos of your moles.  Remove those that CHANGE.  Looks alone don't mean melanoma.  I have many moles that don't look exactly normal but they're stable and staying.  I only remove "new and different" or "changing".  75% of all melanomas appear on new moles.

           

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