Is this urgent,
and what is it?
Two minutes. It routes you to the correct procedure, states the realistic ceiling, and tells you plainly whether this can wait. Your details are not added to any list.
Choose the closest.
If more than one applies, start with whichever worries you most. We will cover the rest at the consultation.
A lesion that has changed is a clinical question, not a cosmetic one.
The five features below are the reason the assessment exists. Any one of them moves a mole from something you dislike to something that should be examined this week.
We would rather see you and find nothing. That is not a courtesy, it is how this is supposed to work.
- AAsymmetry · one half does not match the other
- BBorder · irregular, notched or blurred
- CColour · more than one shade, or it has changed
- DDiameter · larger than 6mm, or growing
- EEvolving · itching, bleeding, crusting, any change
A public awareness checklist, not a diagnosis. Only examination and, where indicated, histopathology can establish what a lesion is.
A dermatologist,
not an algorithm.
This tool sorts and routes. It does not diagnose. Everything you enter is read by Dr. G. Revanth, MBBS DDVL DNB, who examines the lesion himself with dermoscopy before anything is planned.
Questions people actually ask
When should a mole be checked by a doctor?
Check any mole that is asymmetric, has an irregular or notched border, contains more than one colour, is larger than six millimetres, or has changed in any way — itching, bleeding, crusting or growing. Change over weeks rather than years is the single most important signal.
Is a skin lesion assessment painful?
The examination itself is painless: a dermatoscope is held against the skin and nothing is touched. If a biopsy is indicated it is done under local anaesthetic, takes fifteen to thirty minutes, and leaves a wound most people describe as trivial. Every specimen goes to histopathology and you are told the result either way.
Read before you decide
Is my mole dangerous? The ABCDE check
Five features that move a mole from something you dislike to something that should be examined this week.
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