thread: Facial mole, how to get it checked out?

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  1. #1
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    Sep 2008
    In a cloud of madness.
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    Facial mole, how to get it checked out?

    My gp does skin checks some do t though. A dermatologist of skin cancer clinic will check it though

  2. #2
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    Dec 2007
    Geelong
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    I'd take him to your GP and if he thinks it's necessary can give you a referral to a skin specialist.

    Regards,
    Dianne

  3. #3
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    Dec 2006
    In my own private paradise
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    we've had them checked by the GP - and if he is at all doubtful, he sends us to a specialist... i'd always assume GP as first port of call

  4. #4
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    Aug 2005
    Melbourne, Victoria
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    I have a mole on my face that often gets a pimple in it - my dermatologist says this is normal with moles (it is a skin colour mole, just slightly raised). I wanted to taken out, but he says he will make a lot more of a scar that way. Apparently until you are 30 it is normal to develop new moles. Get your dermatologist to check it out, or see if there are special mole scanning clinics near you (in Melb there is one on the cnr of Chapel St & Dandenong Rd, Windsor/Prahran). DH goes there, and they use a computer to check & compare moles over time.

  5. #5
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    Nov 2006
    Atop the lookout...
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    Thank you everyone. I will take him to the go, and see how we go. Thanks again.