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Q: Cancer from mole ?
asked by: rosenickss on February 13th, 2009
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Hello,
i had this mole on my stomach and i hated it so much and i was going on a school trip and i wanted to get rid of it. i got a knife and i picked it of i know kind of sick sounding, well i put anti-septic on it and it turned into a scab and now its i think a scar on my stomach its whiteish, sometimes bit red and well I've been searching on the internet if its cancer but i cant get an answer, is there any possible way of getting cancer from picking a mole off. I too scared to ask my parents, so please help!
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ProudMommyof2008
replied on February 13th, 2009
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this is a pregnancy topic forum..what does this have to do with pregnancy??
you might want to ask this in the cancer or skin forums..
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Mabel
replied on February 14th, 2009
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Re: have i got skin cancer! im really worried
rosenickss wrote:
Hello,
i had this mole on my stomach and i hated it so much and i was going on a school trip and i wanted to get rid of it. i got a knife and i picked it of i know kind of sick sounding, well i put anti-septic on it and it turned into a scab and now its i think a scar on my stomach its whiteish, sometimes bit red and well I've been searching on the internet if its cancer but i cant get an answer, is there any possible way of getting cancer from picking a mole off. I too scared to ask my parents, so please help!


The internet cannot tell you if you have skin cancer or not. You need to see a doctor. It sounds like you have a scar. But it is NEVER advisable to remove your own moles. Have a doctor do that for you.
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