The mole had appeared about a year earlier and didn’t cause her any pain. It was flat and only slightly darker than her skin tone. She remembered thinking, “It’s probably just another sun spot.”
But over the following months, subtle changes started to occur. The mole became slightly raised, its edges turned irregular, and she noticed it began to itch from time to time. Still, she brushed it off as a minor skin irritation caused by her clothes rubbing against it.