I've had a mole on my back since 4th grade and it's grown and changed color over the years. I've had doctors look at it and the same story would be said "It looks fine, let's just keep an eye on it and see if it progresses." (meaning: grows more or keeps changing color)
That's exactly what I've done kept an eye on it. I eventually made yet again another appointment. This time the doctor took one glance (he didn't even really examine it) and noticed that my mole had grown A LOT more and was 3 different colors (gross I know). He basically told me I could remove it right then or if we leave it alone it will just keep getting bigger. My first thought was "OH NO NEEDLES AND SCALPELS!!!" but I've been worried about this growth on my back for a very long time so I set aside my fear of "surgery" if you would even call it that. So I got a shot of local anesthetics in growth and from there I couldn't feel a thing in the general area of my left upper back (shoulder blade)... I was shocked that I didn't need stitches or anything just a band aid. I was excited that this mole was finally gone and I thought I got a "cool" band aid (you know when you get a shot all the doctor has for band aids are Barbie or some other fun little kid band aid) nope I did NOT get a "cool" band aid just gauze with some medical tape.
Then came the talk about how it's routine to send the mole to the lab to have a biopsy done just to make sure it's not cancerous. The most confusing part about the talk was when my doctor said "I'm pretty sure that it's not cancerous, but usually when I say that I'm wrong" Then why did you say anything!?!
Prayers are needed that the biopsy results come back negative! (I really don't think I could handle having skin cancer right now I'm only 22!)
