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26 Jun 2017, 10:04 pm
Brand new spot on my left leg and it looks like this close up (there's also another small black speck nearby):
It's still small and not raised, but it exhibits the following ABCDE features for melanoma (though it could just be a dysplastic nevus):
Asymmetry : it's very clearly asymmetric.
Borders: The borders are quite irregular with some notching and blurring.
Color: The shades of brown present range from black to light brown.
Diameter: Does not meet.
Evolving: It's new but I have not seen it make any changes since I just discovered it.
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01 Jul 2017, 7:29 am
03 Jul 2017, 1:59 pm
envirozentinel wrote:
Better to have it checked out - even benign moles etc are easier to deal with when they're small and easier to remove if need be.
Yup, even over the past week, it's been changing a lot. I walked in and saw my primary care doctor and they've referred me to a dermatologist.
The whole bottom half has returned to normal skin, and there's a strong green color developing in it:
If you notice, it has that gross, looks like a tiny spider crawling on my skin appearance. I've seen a lot of pictures of melanomas that look like that. It's still small, so it doesn't meet the D for diameter criteria, but it still meets the A for asymmetry, the B for border, the C for color, and last but certainly not least E for evolving criteria.
Now, melanomas aren't said to have a green color; they will usually have blue, but I have not seen blue. Perhaps it's still melanoma but with my kind of skin it will be green instead of blue?
I'll ask the dermatologist when I see them.
06 Jan 2018, 3:41 pm
beneficii wrote:
envirozentinel wrote:
Better to have it checked out - even benign moles etc are easier to deal with when they're small and easier to remove if need be.
Yup, even over the past week, it's been changing a lot. I walked in and saw my primary care doctor and they've referred me to a dermatologist.
The whole bottom half has returned to normal skin, and there's a strong green color developing in it:
If you notice, it has that gross, looks like a tiny spider crawling on my skin appearance. I've seen a lot of pictures of melanomas that look like that. It's still small, so it doesn't meet the D for diameter criteria, but it still meets the A for asymmetry, the B for border, the C for color, and last but certainly not least E for evolving criteria.
Now, melanomas aren't said to have a green color; they will usually have blue, but I have not seen blue. Perhaps it's still melanoma but with my kind of skin it will be green instead of blue?
I'll ask the dermatologist when I see them.
@beneficii
You left the site?!?!
Pls give us an update about your health.
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