i understand the confusion sounds like atypical is not a problem
I will take your advice - Thanks!
Surprisingly, second mole was normal!
I wonder if you know the power of your reassuring words... I will sleep a little better tonight. Keep up this site... it probably helps many people get some piece of mind when they're having trouble pursuing their questions elsewhere!
:)
The word atypical doesn't mean very much at all. Unless the mole is severely atypical, all you do is take a little tissue around it off so it can't come back and confuse things later. You really don't need to get a bit paranoid and start taking lots of things off just because you got this diagnosis--each mole is taken on its own terms, and if it looks OK, it can be left alone. If some pigment cells come back from a non-cancerous mole, it ca not turn into cancer.
Bottom line: take a deep breath, set up an appointment with any dermatologist you feel confident in and can talk to, and then just go for regular checks, at which anything suspicious can be taken off, or more likely have everything left alone.
Take care.
Dr. Rockoff