Mole turning brown hair grey

I am currently 17 (will turn 18 in about 3 hours) and an avid hockey player. I am 241 pounds but have always felt in shape for how active I am. I have had a light brown raised mole on my groin the size of a dime ever since I can remember. But just today I noticed the pubic hairs around the mole have turned completely white, and not just gray. I know this cannot be a good sign.

[Dr_Aparna]

Hi,
Moles are a clump of cells with different pigment (colour) than the surrounding skin. The surface of moles varies from smooth to pebbly and may contain heavy dark hairs or no hair growth.

There are a number of different types of moles which vary from the normal type and one of them is called the halo mole. These usually occur in young adulthood with colour being lost around one or several moles. The mole may then fade and disappear altogether leaving a white area which takes on the same colour as the rest of the skin in some cases.

Since the mole in your groin is positioned such that it is surrounded by pubic hair, the effect of this mole could have caused the loss of pigment of the surrounding hair.
Halo moles are not a risk factor for the development of Melanoma.

Any changes in the size, shape, color, border, thickness of the mole should be attended to immediately. Other indications for urgent consultation would be any sign of bleeding, crusting or ulceration of the mole.

ref:http://au.health.yahoo.com/041101/25/1v1n.html