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Possible melanoma

I went to my GP about loads (i've counted at least 10 on various parts of my body arms, legs especially) of small dark brown specs.. They said the specs were just small moles. I've now noticed one of them has slight raised from my skin and is painful if i scratch it.. i looked under a bright light and there's a darker brown spec within.. i have included a pic but it's not very clear.

http://i36.tinypic.com/zwlzzb.jpg
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Hi, I had 2 cases of melanoma and 2 precancer.  None of my spots hurt, they did get edgy,black and rised. learn by me, my first melanoma I let go for 8 months, Know I get checked out every 6 months, Know 20 years later, the first one( I DIDN'T have looked at right away) is know stage III The melanoma went into my blond stream. If anyone ever has a ? on a mole. go right away, many of time I've gotten the call it's nothing AND THAT THE BEST FEELING!!!! good luck, and my thoughts are with you
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Hi.  I've seen the picture you posted, and it doesn't seem to me to be the usual appearance of melanoma (follow this link to see what the usual melanoma lesions look like: http://www.skincarephysicians.com/SkinCancerNet/melanoma.html).  Having said this, I would like to emphasize that the diagnosis of melanoma cannot be made based on appearance alone.  A biopsy of the lesion is needed to confirm the diagnosis.
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