The number of moles on your arm could indicate your skin cancer risk
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[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-34551467[/url]
[quote]Having more than 11 moles on one arm indicates a higher-than-average risk of skin cancer or melanoma, research suggests.
Counting moles on the right arm was found to be a good indicator of total moles on the body. More than 100 indicates five times the normal risk.
The study, published in the British Journal of Dermatology, used data from 3,000 twins in the UK.
GPs could use the findings to identify those most at risk, it said.
Melanoma is a type of skin cancer affecting more than 13,000 people in the UK each year.
It develops from abnormal moles, so the risk of being diagnosed with a melanoma is linked to the number of moles a patient has.
Researchers from King's College London studied a large group of female twins over a period of eight years, collecting information on skin type, freckles and moles on their bodies.
After repeating the exercise on a smaller group of around 400 men and women with melanoma, they came up with a quick and easy way to assess the risk of skin cancer.[/quote]
ITT six pages of 'i have x moles on my arm!'
Oh no I have 20 moles on my arm
EDIT: Wait that's dirt false alarm
What if your entire body is encompassed in moles, are you walking cancer?
MY WHOLE ARM IS A MOLE
[QUOTE=FlandersNed;48935067]Oh no I have 20 moles on my arm
EDIT: Wait that's dirt false alarm[/QUOTE]
take a shower
This doesn't necessarily hold true, cos i have shitloads of moles on my arms, bu have none anywhere else.
haha i knew it was good for me to stay out of the sun an inordinate amount of time
At this point it's easier to discover what doesn't cause cancer.
Let's get this out of the way too
[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3cmAzM-MbI[/media]
Well, rip me
I don't have any
haha fuck you cancer suck my dick
I have no moles on my arm, only a badger.
This is more important..
Noticing changes in moles is incredibly important, if it looks abnormal or changes get it checked by your GP.
[t]http://i.imgur.com/9qQqlPe.png[/t]
Is there some kind of graph? I have 7 so I assume that puts me in the 100% mortality rate
Do freckles count?
[QUOTE=Del91;48935190]Do freckles count?[/QUOTE]
You're already dead
guess who's cancer free
[sp]mostly everyone here[/sp]
If it grows extra long dark hair but is flat, is that cancer??
Counted about a 40 here both arms so about 20 each, give or take a few cuz I counted a lot small freckle-type things, for a good measure. Most of them are probably freckles, they're all so small.
But what was interesting about counting them is that, I found I've got a mole in both of my front fingers. Like on the bottom part of the finger, facing the middle finger so it's hidden most of the time.
Other one is smaller and other one is slightly bigger, and they're in a Ying-Yang reverted position when I put the front fingers side to side for comparison. Kinda hard to explain, but then again it appears to be.. unexplainable.
So if someone has no moles on their body does that mean they are immortal?
30 moles on my right arm, 11 on the left
it's ogre I'm one big cancer pile
[QUOTE=Bradyns;48935161]This is more important..
Noticing changes in moles is incredibly important, if it looks abnormal or changes get it checked by your GP.
[t]http://i.imgur.com/9qQqlPe.png[/t][/QUOTE]
this doesn't seem to include sections of darker pigmentation on the mole side
I have 12 wtf
rip me
[QUOTE=Bradyns;48935161]This is more important..
Noticing changes in moles is incredibly important, if it looks abnormal or changes get it checked by your GP.
[t]http://i.imgur.com/9qQqlPe.png[/t][/QUOTE]
Already had one removed that I caught because of this chart being posted on Facebook. Don't take this lightly, folks. This is the most common cancer, 1 in 5 will have a melanoma at some point in their lives. If you catch it early, it's as easy to treat as cutting out the mole. If not, it's one of the most difficult forms of cancer to treat. Survival rates plummet.
Check your moles regularly. Nobody is too young for skin cancer.
Been thinking I should probably get checked again, last time was about 4 years ago and I've got ~35 on each arm, absolutely got over a hundred all up. At this point I've kind of accepted I'll probably get melanoma at some stage in my life, seeing as I live in Australia and have this many.
Thanks for reminding me, smurfy!
[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;48935465]Already had one removed that I caught because of this chart being posted on Facebook. Don't take this lightly, folks. This is the most common cancer, 1 in 5 will have a melanoma at some point in their lives. If you catch it early, it's as easy to treat as cutting out the mole. If not, it's one of the most difficult forms of cancer to treat. Survival rates plummet.
Check your moles regularly. Nobody is too young for skin cancer.[/QUOTE]
Fun fact: When you first posted that you had a mole removed, you encouraged me to go get a weird-ass mole on my back removed, which is something I've been putting off for years. It wasn't cancerous, but it was concerning anyway, so I guess I have to thank you for that.
That said though, I still have like, five moles on my forearm alone, so I'm p much dead.
No wonder everyone kept saying I was a cancer.
I have like 40 on my right forearm
They are all very pretty though
My arms are like several books worth of connect the dots
shit
I've got like 2 moles on my entire body, and a few small freckles on my face.
I love my skin, it's so smooth and soft.
[img]http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01656/mole_1656747c.jpg[/img]
They sure do look cancerous
All I have are spots. One on the right arm and two on the left.
They don't have any texture. It's as if someone poked me with a felt pen.
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