u/lyraaaf

I had Melanoma Stage 1 removed twice on my leg a few months ago. No further therapy but a huge ugly scar, because it healed badly.

I was 21 and the mole was not new nor particularly ugly (and was dismissed by the first derm), no skin cancer history in the family, I don’t live in a very sunny country, I never really spent time in the sun or tanning because I’m prone to sunstroke, very rarely had sunburns as a child and never a bad one, always had 50 sunscreen on and reapplied, had a hat, long clothes…

I feel like i already did everything right before.
I do have a chronic inflammatory disease, so i don’t know it that played a role, but I feel like this is taking even more quality of life away and is stressing me out a lot, because it’s making it so much harder to do things with friends and get out of the house when the UV is so high.

I feel very alone with the diagnosis because I was always careful and the annoying friend sunscreening every one around me so I really don’t get how that is even POSSIBLE at 21/22.
Are there other causes of melanoma ?

I had Melanoma Stage 1 removed twice on my leg a few months ago. No further therapy but a huge ugly scar, because it healed badly (allergic reaction to the suture?).

I was 21 and the mole was not new (and was dismissed by the first derm), no skin cancer history in the family, I don’t live in a very sunny country, I never really spent time in the sun or tanning because I’m prone to sunstroke, very rarely had sunburns as a child and never a bad one, always had 50 sunscreen on and reapplied, had a hat, long clothes…

I feel like i already did everything right before.
I do have a chronic inflammatory disease, so i don’t know it that played a role, but I feel like this is taking even more quality of life away and is stressing me out a lot, because it’s making it so much harder to do things with friends and get out of the house when the UV is so high.

I feel very alone with the diagnosis because I was always careful and the annoying friend sunscreening every one around me so I really don’t get how that is even POSSIBLE at 21/22.
Are there other causes of melanoma ? Derm just told me I may be unlucky.