Melanoma Skin Cancer: When Changing Moles Are Benign  Melanoma:
What can cause a mole to change besides skin cancer? We've been
alarmed by the media when it comes to changing moles: See your
doctor immediately if you have a changing mole to rule out skin
cancer.   The words changing mole can dredge up the deepest fear
in many people: skin cancer. Melanoma skin cancer kills about
9,000 Americans yearly (skincancer.org). Skin cancer can also
disfigure.  So what can cause a mole to change besides skin
cancer? If 1,000 people have a changing mole, how many will have
skin cancer? If you have a changing mole, you should immediately
make an appointment with a dermatologist. But what can cause a
mole to change besides skin cancer?  Causes of a changing mole
that aren't skin cancer: Follicular irritation. Some moles have
a hair growing out of them. If the follicle, from which the hair
grows, becomes irritated, this can cause the top layer of the
mole to flake off. This is what my dermatologist told me after
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