Possible melanoma? Or anxiety?
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March 2017 I noticed I had an itch on my back, while scratching i noticed a painful bump (felt like when you get a painful pimple) so i figured maybe its just a pimple. So I left it alone and it stopped hurting after a day or 2 but never went away. So i googled what it could be and melanoma popped up. Okay so now Im scared. I stupidly googled how to self remove a mole and found a baking soda method. It made my mole scab then fall off...and about a week later it grew back, the same but slightly darker. So i left it alone and it never bothered me. Until june 2019 again I scratched my back and knicked the dumb thing and part of it scabbed and healed. Again it grew back the same but a little darker. My anxiety took over and i went to a clinic to see a GP. He said it didnt look dangerous, "melanoma usually have sharp edges and yours doesnt look that sharp" he diagnoaed me with depression and anxiety... but still everyday i take pictures of this mole to monitor it and see if anything changes, i also constantly rub it to see if it causes pain (it doesnt) today I noticed two small dots in it and Im out of my mind going crazy. I made an appointment but its not till the end of the month.
Does this look like a melanoma to you?
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diane53336 maria04908
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I had a black melanoma which was just about to spread to other organs stage and due to it being on my arm I could see clearly how it was growing.
It had a defind , non-jagged red ring all around the base which by next day had turned darker. Next day this ring had turned even darker and another red ring round it had formed.
Mine was hard, shiny jet black, smooth with a satelite right on the top which was a secondary on itself.
It had never itched me so I had never scratched it and it had never bled.
There are 4 types of melanoma. Mine was expertly removed in 1985 and never returned.
It had a long coiled root, and yours obviously did not or would not have dropped off.
Good luck, though,
maria04908 diane53336
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That sounds scary! I guess mine doesnt sound that bad. it hasnt really changed much other than the color but my gp said its most likely cause I scratched it off a few times. Im just going to go to my derm appointment and as Michelle said Im going to stop googling cause it obviously isnt doing me any good.