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Q: Recently Diagnosed.

asked by: Kgirl16 on January 31st, 2006

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I have had a birth mark on my arm since I was born and over the last 5 or so years of my life i've been getting mole/type freckles. The doctor diagnosed it as melanoma. I'm going to get surgery before the end of february but I worry...Are the scars going to be hideous or noticeable? I have a terrible scar beneath my neck from an operation when I was quite young, and I don't want my arms and back covered in them.

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Crystal1111

replied on February 9th, 2006

Experienced User

They want to make sure to remove the entire lesion, so depending how big the mole is will determine how big the scar is. But remember, it's more important to remove the melanoma than to worry about scarring. Do you know what stage the melanoma is?

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