I have had a mole on my lower back/upper bum cheek since birth (affectionately called my butt freckle) It was perfectly round, flat and the colour of a dark freckle.
Three nights ago I had an itch in the area but when I touched it it hurt ( I didn’t actually scratch) I took a photo and it’s a bit like a small brain growing there. It’s no longer round, about 3x4mm and has lost all its pigment.
My understanding is that a BCC is flesh coloured but rarely starts as a mole and a melanoma starts as a mole but is usually brown/black/red etc. Some melanomas however lose their pigment as they grow and are known as amelanotic melanomas.
I went to see a gp this morning and she took a look at it, measured it and said it’s nothing. She said it looks like I’ve just caught my skin and that if it was cancer it wouldn’t be that pale colour. I asked her if she was sure and she said “ if it was me I certainly wouldn’t be losing any sleep over it.” I was clearly upset so she said she will write off to the skin specialist at hospital with what she’s found but not to be concerned if I don’t hear anything back in the next 2 weeks.
my question is, firstly, is she wrong about skin cancer always being dark? And secondly, if she has downplayed what she can she and don’t contact me, ought I ask for a second opinion as it meets the ABCDE guide.
Thankyou
