| If you have a skin mole on your arm or leg or | | | | size, shape and color. And new symptoms of |
| body now or maybe you have a few of them or | | | | bleeding and itching can develop. |
| even many of them you may be wondering what | | | | Any changing mole or lesion should be a cause for |
| does a cancerous mole look like. And is it | | | | concern and should be checked out right away. |
| melanoma? I'll show you how to tell if that mole | | | | Most moles do not change their size shape, color |
| on your arm, leg or body is cancerous. | | | | and symmetry. You would be able to tell there is |
| Of course anyone who has a mole may be | | | | something different going on. |
| worried that they have a cancerous mole. That | | | | In tests the doctor inventors of the ABCDE rule |
| they have malignant melanoma or a skin cancer, | | | | discovered that people with melanoma had as |
| but many people go through a lifetime with | | | | many as 70% of their lesions evolving. So if you |
| dozens of moles and do not get malignant | | | | have a changing mole you need to get checked |
| melanoma. Never-the-less one always wonders | | | | out now. You are the one that is going to notice |
| but there is a good way to evaluate and decide | | | | your mole changing or skin cancer first. If you |
| for yourself whether you should have a doctor | | | | have any of the signs of A, B, C and D and it in |
| take a look at your mole or moles right now. Of | | | | not evolving you still need to get your moles |
| course if you're in the doctor's office for anything | | | | checked out for there is a good possibility it's |
| else you can always have them take a look at | | | | melanoma. |
| your moles. | | | | An evolving mole is a big concern. So see your |
| For many years doctors have always preached | | | | doctor if you have any of these signs of skin |
| the rule of ABCD. A mole could be melanoma if | | | | cancer or cancerous moles. If you catch |
| it's A for asymmetrical (uneven), B for the | | | | melanoma early you will be able to treat it |
| borders are irregular (not smooth), C for variation | | | | effectively. Don't wait. It can sneak up on you. |
| in color, and D for the diameter - which would | | | | Melanoma is systemic; it is not confined to the |
| have to be larger than the eraser on a pencil. But | | | | area on your skin. Your immune system and |
| a couple of years ago or so the doctors who | | | | body will be involved. Your doctor will decide on |
| invented the ABCD rule decided to add a third | | | | whether to remove the mole or not. It doesn't |
| letter- E. The E stands for evolving; the evolving | | | | hurt to do all the research you can so you'll know |
| means the mole is changing over a period of time. | | | | exactly what to look for and know what |
| The cancerous mole or skin cancer can change in | | | | questions to ask your doctor when you do go in. |