{"id":1543,"date":"2021-08-09T15:08:55","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T14:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mole-removal.co.uk\/?p=1543"},"modified":"2023-10-30T11:07:52","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T11:07:52","slug":"how-to-spot-a-cancerous-mole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mole-removal.co.uk\/how-to-spot-a-cancerous-mole\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Spot a Cancerous Mole"},"content":{"rendered":"

As seen in Woman & Home<\/h3>\n

Popular women’s magazine Woman & Home provided its readers with expert advice from Dr Ross Perry on how to spot a cancerous mole.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr Ross Perry is Founder and Medical Director of the London Mole Removal Centre. He works in the NHS as a GP and skin cancer reconstruction expert as well as providing mole checks and mole removal at Cosmedics’ London Mole Removal Centres.<\/p>\n

He told the publication that moles occur when cells grow in a cluster instead of spread throughout the skin:<\/p>\n

“These are called melanocytes and they make the pigment that gives skin its natural colour.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So why do some people have more moles than others?<\/p>\n

“Our genetic make-up has a lot to do with the number of moles we have. Plus high amounts of sun exposure means we’re likely to develop more.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The majority of moles are quite harmless, but Dr Perry warns:<\/p>\n

“In theory, all moles have the potential to change into a skin cancer.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

However, most melanoma cases relate to new moles and are usually attributable to overexposure to the sun’s harmful UVA rays.<\/p>\n

It is therefore important to be vigilant for any changing or new moles.<\/p>\n

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Mole Checking ABCDE<\/h2>\n

The Woman & Home feature summarises the potential characteristics of an \u2018abnormal\u2019 mole. It could be one or more of the following:<\/p>\n