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Will an injured mole lead to melanoma?

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I have a mole on my back, it's around 7mm maybe, raised and round, dark brownish color, I never had any problems with it and it's been there for like 18 years, no itching, change in color or pain, it's been growing slowly with me. So yday morning I injured the upper part of it, its bottom where it attaches to the skin, on the wire... There was blood present but it stopped bleeding after 2-3 mins. I immediately went to the hospital where there was no plastic surgeon until 15th of august and some inexperienced dr wanted to remove it but I didn't allow her. They have put the gaze and octenisept over it and told me to be careful not to injure it again since I told them that I have already booked its removal at the end of this month to a well known dr here in Europe. I have changed the gaze now and put octenisept and I'm not sure but to me it got bigger, is that normal after an injury??? It doesn't hurt or anything but I'm scared that it can go abnormal while I wait for its removal at the end of august... Is it normal for an injury to cause mole turn bigger or I'm and is it possible for it to go abnormal while I wait for the end of august for its removal?? Pleqwe can anyone answer
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It's likely that the mole was just healing up and possibly the area was a little swollen- since you have removal scheduled for just a few weeks away- I wouldn't spend any time worrying about it.  Make sure you voice your concerns to the doctor prior to removal, but I don't think you have any reason to overly worry.  
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