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Went in to the dermatologist today for a check of a mole that was a little wonky. What was originally flat, brown and perfectly round had become raised, pink white and brown mottled and very irregular shaped. It was itching and started bleeding spontaneously from time to time. The doctor got my family history of skin cancer, took one look at my leg and told me we were doing a biopsy immediately. He said he's 90% sure that it's cancerous. I'm sorry, 90% sure of WHAT?!?!?! He wanted to do a big mamba jamba biopsy and take out about a three inch circle of flesh - but I said we should start a little slow. You know... get to know each other first before we jump into the big stuff. How about a little foreplay, doc? It looks a lot like a cigar burn. But it's not. It's deceptively deeper than what it looks like in the picture. You could probably stick your finger tip in it easily. [Edited to say - yep. you can. I just did. Gross!] It's been cauterized, so that's why it looks like a burn. While they were at it

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