Re: Any Dermatologists in here? A mole has regrown...
- From: jason@xxxxxxxxxx (Jason)
- Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 17:24:18 -0700
In article <1116457459.797979.197510@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
xyzer@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Jason wrote:
> > In article <1115963543.360356.203380@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> > xyzer@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> > > Ok, I'm going to go to my own doctor here shortly, but I want your
> > > advice on how bad this sounds. I'm a 24-year-old male, and I
> noticed a
> > > suspicious mole on my upper buttocks about 2 years ago. I have a
> good
> > > many moles on my body, but nothing too out of the ordinary really,
> and
> > > I have a cousin who at a young age was diagnosed with a sort of
> "pre
> > > skin cancer." Anyway, about the mole, it was weird because --and I
> kid
> > > you not-- after I noticed it and went for the initial consultation
> to
> > > my primary care provider, it, over the span of two weeks, TOALLY
> > > disappeared, or at least turned from being brown to pink. When I
> went
> > > in to give the biopsy sample to my primary care provider, I had to
> show
> > > him where it "used" to be, but it wasn't too difficult since it
> still
> > > had a pinkness to it. So, 2 bad signs were shown here: a new mole
> > > growth, and its disappearance within the span of about two weeks.
> > > Anyway, there was no cancer/pre-cancer found from the biopsy,
> assuming
> > > they did it correctly. Now, two years later, in the very same spot
> > > where the biopsy occurred, the SAME sort of mole has returned.
> > >
> > > I guess my question is how often do these types of mole-changes
> happen
> > > in people with no skin-cancer? I should definitely have this
> biopsied
> > > again, right? If it wasn't cancerous the first time, does this
> mean
> > > there's a good chance it's not also this time (even though I should
> > > still make sure)?
> > >
> > > Thanks...
> >
> > You need to have your doctor do another biopsy on the new mole ASAP.
> It
> > would be impossible for any doctor to determine just by looking at
> the
> > mole whether or not it means you have skin cancer.
> >
>
> Just got back from my dermatologist's office. Turns out it wasn't
> actually a mole at all but rather a hemangioma, which tend to change
> rapidly, thus the worry on my part, as it looked just liked a mole to
> the naked eye. He determined this by looking through a DermLite
> device, which is basically a handheld microscope that allows him to see
> under the surface of the skin. What a great device...no biopsy was
> required and thus no cutting and scarring of my skin, even though it
> had already been cut on years ago by an earlier biopsy and wasn't in an
> obvious area...Still, though, if I have a concern about a mole in the
> future, I'm definitely going to him or if I live elsewhere to a
> dermatologist who uses a similar device.
Thanks for your post. This is the first that I have heard or read about
the DermLite. I'm sure that it was much less painful than a biopsy. It's
always great when you can find a doctor that you can really trust. I once
had such a doctor but he retired. My new doctor is nice but it's obvious
that she wants to spend as little time with me as possible.
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