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*Anyone who has one or more uncertain pigmented spots should have their physician or dermatologist evaluate them. Even verbal descriptions and photographs cannot convey enough information for satisfactory self-diagnosis. As always, it is better to be safe than sorry. *The American Academy of Dermatology recommends a full-body skin examination for adults as part of a routine annual health exam. It is important to have any new, changing, bleeding mole or growth examined by your physician or dermatologist as soon as possible. Skin cancers are curable if diagnosed and treated at an early stage.*Irregular enlarging moles may either be skin cancer or develop into a skin cancer called melanoma.Skin cancer may at times masquerade or hide as a regular mole.*A dermatologist should promptly examine irregular or changing moles.