Just wanted to follow up on this and update everyone. I was told yesterday that the mole they removed was benign. It goes without saying that I'm super relieved. The reason I'm updating this post is because I know from experience that people in the future who are going through the same thing will look back on previous posts in search of reassurance.

So here it is; I had a mole on my shoulder that was picked up by the Skinvision app as high risk. I couldn't see a doctor due to COVID so sent them a picture, and they said it looked fine. Two years later, I went to a doctor again about a different mole, but the doctor's attention was immediately on the mole on my back. She was extremely concerned. She said it was firm, dark, multiple colours, had globules, and didn't look right under the dermtascope, so I was on an urgent 2ww. 

The mole had even changed. I didn't realise but it had grown a little bit, and gotten darker. Not very dark, just a darker shade to the point it was only noticeable in a side-by-side. On top of this, in the days before my removal, it started to peel with bits of dead skin.

The NHS dermatologist was not much help. He told me it needed to come off, and that was that. 

Yesterday, I received a letter that stated the mole was completely benign, along with some further instructions for wound care.

So my message is: always get a mole checked out, but please don't waste months/weeks thinking the worst while you wait for the results. Mine ticked all the ABCDE boxes, and on top of that it felt hard / was even starting to peel. Even then it was STILL benign. So sometimes you can't always know for sure.

Great news!! Like you said, it is always good to update your original post as it will help so many others in future x

Great news!! Like you said, it is always good to update your original post as it will help so many others in future x