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Someone Help. What does this mean?

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    • May 9, 2018 at 3:26 am
    ariana.bennett
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      I went to the dermatologist today for a peeling black mole. He looked at it with the dermascope and said it was thick, dark, and irregular so he wanted to remove it. 

       

      What does he mean by thick? The mole was literally flat on my skin. Does he mean thick like in depth? I'm so scared that it's nodular melanoma if it's thick downwards.

       

      Someone please help.

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        • May 9, 2018 at 4:02 pm
        Julie in SoCal
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          Hi Ariana,

          No one can tell you what this means — even your doctor.  The only way to know what it is is to do a biopsy.  That's just how it is.

          Wishing you Peace!  Shalom!

          Julie

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