How fast does melanoma spread?

Melanoma can grow very quickly. It can become life-threatening in as little as 6 weeks and, if untreated, it can spread to other parts of the body. Melanoma can appear on skin not normally exposed to the sun. Nodular melanoma is a highly dangerous form of melanoma that looks different from common melanomas.

What is precancerous skin cancer?

Actinic keratoses are very common, and many people have them. They are caused by ultraviolet (UV) damage to the skin. Some actinic keratoses can turn into squamous cell skin cancer. Because of this, the lesions are often called precancer.

How to tell if your moles are cancerous?

Changes in size (getting larger)

A change in shape (especially with irregular edges)

Colour changes (especially getting darker or exhibiting multiple shades)

A loss of symmetry (common moles will be perfectly round or oval and are usually symmetrical)

Itchiness,pain or bleeding (maybe even forming a scab)

Crustiness

Inflammation

How to tell if a mole is cancerous or not?

Asymmetry: One half of the mole is not same as the other half.

Border: The border becomes irregular.

Color: It is uneven and can have shades of tan,brown,black with pigments of gray,red,white,pink or blue.

Diameter: The size of the mole changes or increases.

Evolving: The mole changes within weeks or months.

How can you tell if that Mole is cancerous?

Asymmetry.

Blurred Border.

Color Changes.

Diameter.

Evolving Moles.

Itchy and Sore.

Sores That Don’t Heal.

Raised Mole.

Dysplastic Moles.

“Ugly Ducklings”

What is a dangerous mole?

In and of themselves, moles are not dangerous . A mole is just an area of skin with extra pigment. The pigment gathers in a rounded shape, which is sometimes raised, and this is the mole. Some moles have hair growing from them, and this doesn’t make them dangerous either!