A full top to toe skin cancer assessment looks not just at coloured moles but also other skin lesions that may possibly be a problem.
The majority of skin cancers arise from skin lesions that are not dark moles and a full skin cancer assessment should be able to highlight these lesions too.
Our skin cancer assessments are carried out by experience dermatologist who run skin cancer assessment and skin lesions clinics within the NHS.
Again, it is important to point out that if you are concerned about a skin lesion which is rapidly changing or becoming symptomatic then please see your GP first.
If generally concerned about your moles or have not had the reassurance you were looking for on a particular lesion then please book an appointment with us.
It is very often the case that screening for moles and suspicious skin lesions is not offered on the NHS unless there are defined, guidelines medical reasons for having regular skin assessments.
We mark the lesion and take a photograph of it.
You have the choice of further management privately or on the NHS.
We give you a clinic summary which you can take to your GP and seek their advice on NHS treatment and referral. We can email most GP practices in our locality on your behalf also. It is helpful if you also have the email address your GP accepts confidential information on. We do not email information to external, non NHS email addresses.
In some cases where the degree of suspicion is low, we may advise that the mole be left alone for now and then reassessed in 3 months’ time. If there are any changes at that stage then it can be removed.
Mole mapping is a taking of photographs of sections of body to show moles on the skin.
Mole mapping can be a useful aid in monitoring moles, particularly in individuals who have many of them. It is only useful if regular monitoring is being carried out, by and experienced dermatologist, hello so that these pictures are being used for comparison at later dates.
For individuals with fewer moles, it is more useful to photograph the individual lesions.
We can arrange mole mapping if needed.
