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Should I seek help

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    • December 28, 2017 at 7:23 pm
    Analia
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      Hello forum, I’m new here. The main reason why I’m posting this is because I don’t have health insurance at the moment. Long story short, I’ve always had tons of birthmarks/moles around my body as a child and that number has only grown since being in my twenties. Recently though, I found a black strip going across one of my birthmarks on my arm. I do not recall having this black strip going across my birthmark until now. Is this a sign of skin cancer? I’m very concerned and frightened to find out if it is. 

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        • December 29, 2017 at 2:49 am
        geriakt
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          Best advice is spend $300 and go to a dermo and have a biopsy. Then determine if you have to do anything further.

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