Should I be worried if my mole changes color?

It’s important to get a new or existing mole checked out if it: changes shape or looks uneven. changes colour, gets darker or has more than 2 colours. starts itching, crusting, flaking or bleeding.

Can benign moles be different colors?

Benign moles are usually one uniform color throughout. They can be brown, or black or pink, as long as they are one single color. Cancerous or pre-cancerous moles are multicolored. If the mole has more than one color, get it looked at.

Is it possible for a mole to change color?

You’ve heard that melanoma skin cancer that develops in a pre-existing mole often manifests as a mole that gets darker, even black. But how often does melanoma present as a mole that’s suddenly starting to fade or get lighter? Melanoma can come in the colors of brown, black, blue, grey, red and white. A melanoma mole can start changing colors.

Is it normal for a mole to turn black?

You’ve heard that melanoma skin cancer that develops in a pre-existing mole often manifests as a mole that gets darker, even black. But how often does melanoma present as a mole that’s suddenly starting to fade or get lighter? Melanoma can come in the colors of brown, black, blue, grey, red and white.

What happens to your skin when you get a mole?

Evolving: The mole has been changing in size, shape, color, appearance, or growing in an area of previously normal skin. Also, when melanoma develops in an existing mole, the texture of the mole may change and become hard, lumpy, or scaly. Although the skin may feel different and may itch, ooze, or bleed, melanoma usually does not cause pain.

Can a changing mole be benign or is it always melanoma?

Medically reviewed by Jason R. Lupton, MD. And you should, because ruling out skin cancer is very easy for doctors to do. Usually, a changing mole, or one that appears to have changed, is not skin cancer.

You’ve heard that melanoma skin cancer that develops in a pre-existing mole often manifests as a mole that gets darker, even black. But how often does melanoma present as a mole that’s suddenly starting to fade or get lighter? Melanoma can come in the colors of brown, black, blue, grey, red and white. A melanoma mole can start changing colors.

You’ve heard that melanoma skin cancer that develops in a pre-existing mole often manifests as a mole that gets darker, even black. But how often does melanoma present as a mole that’s suddenly starting to fade or get lighter? Melanoma can come in the colors of brown, black, blue, grey, red and white.

Evolving: The mole has been changing in size, shape, color, appearance, or growing in an area of previously normal skin. Also, when melanoma develops in an existing mole, the texture of the mole may change and become hard, lumpy, or scaly. Although the skin may feel different and may itch, ooze, or bleed, melanoma usually does not cause pain.

Medically reviewed by Jason R. Lupton, MD. And you should, because ruling out skin cancer is very easy for doctors to do. Usually, a changing mole, or one that appears to have changed, is not skin cancer.