https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 01 Jun 2026 05:18:46 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dermatologist-appoitntment#post-637521 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:11:42 +0000 JerricaBenton 637521@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I second going over yourself/pointing out things to the doc. I had a few I was concerned about so I made sure he looked at them and I pointed one out that was on my scalp that he might not have seen otherwise. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dermatologist-appoitntment#post-637381 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:20:44 +0000 Turd Ferguson 637381@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@highwire: One of the absolute BEST things I'd tell you to do is go over yourself before you get there. You're the one that knows your skin the best--if there's a few moles you've noticed have shown up recently that weren't there before, make a note of it, if you've noticed any changing shape/size/color, make a note of it. Check out some of the cliche ABCDEs of moles and see if any of yours look like that, I can almost guarantee the first thing they'll ask you is if you have any spots you're worried about! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dermatologist-appoitntment#post-637375 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:17:39 +0000 DillonLion 637375@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ms.janedoe: @MediaNaranja: Thanks! I have an appointment next week. I hope it is for the full scan. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dermatologist-appoitntment#post-637367 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:15:03 +0000 MediaNaranja 637367@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've only been a few times, in high school, for mole/pre-cancer exams, since my mom had a melanoma and freaked out and made us go, ha. I had to strip down to bra/panties and put on a paper robe thing, and the doc carefully examined my whole body. He used a pen to circle the moles that concerned him, and then numbed those areas and sliced them off and sent them to be tested for cancerous cells. I wound up having three removed at my first appointment, and then two more at a follow-up a few months later. It really wasn't a big deal, and the most pain came from the numbing shot. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dermatologist-appoitntment#post-637358 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:13:44 +0000 Turd Ferguson 637358@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well...it depends. You can do a "quick" full body exam. At mine they have you leave bra and undies on, gown up, and you kind of get..."glanced over." You can also do a "full..." full body exam. You strip down (to nothing), gown up, and beach yourself under a giant light. You're then basically inspected head to toe...literally. Your scalp, inbetween your toes, evvvverything is looked at. </p> <p>I went in for my first one (which was a "quick" one) about a year ago and pointed out a mole on my shin I was worried about (I've been obsessively checking myself for years as I was a horrrrribly tanner back in the day). They performed a punch biopsy and it ended up being "as severely abnormal as it could be without actually being melanoma." I went back in a few weeks later and they performed a wide local excision (WLE) of the area and I am to go back every 6 months for a check-up. </p> <p>I just went in a few weeks back for a "full" body exam and pointed out another mole, this one they shaved off (it was smaller) and again, it came back severely atypical, so again, I'm heading in for another WLE... :( </p> <p>It's scary stuff but SO worth it. Definitely get an appointment set-up--they usually have ridiculous wait-times to get in. Melanoma is notttt something you wanna mess with!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dermatologist-appoitntment#post-637332 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:06:16 +0000 DillonLion 637332@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Can someone tell me what goes on at a dermatology appointment? I've never been. I have a TON of freckles and moles and whatnot that have never ever been looked at, but now that I have a kid I want to see grow up and thrive, I'd rather get what I'm sure is most likely skin cancer removed from my body so I don't die from it. </p>