Hi everyone. I had a melanoma in situ removed a few years ago and just had a scare about another lesion which thankfully turned out to be benign after excisional biopsy. I have just had my dermatologist do a further skin check at the biopsy results appointment, he also did one 6 weeks ago too when I first saw him about the lesion, and he said he couldn't see anything else concerning, but I can't stop panicking about every freckle and mole, and wondering if he looked at them all closely enough or whether I distracted him with the few I specifically wanted him to check. I do monitor myself every few months and can't see anything thats changed significantly.
Would a dermatologist definitely notice anything abnormal even if I didn't point it out?
When you do skin checks, are we looking for obvious changes? I find I can get very paranoid / obsessive about staring at close up photos and trying to spot the tiniest differences but I'm not sure this is really right.
Thanks for any help. I can't run to him every time I wonder about a freckle but I'm finding myself terrified of missing something.
