Asymmetry
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Round
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Round or roundish, circle or circular
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Circular, like a big circle
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Circular, like a big circle
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Oblong
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Not perfectly round, oblong
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Not perfectly round, jetted off
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Like a small kidney bean
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Not perfectly round, smaller in one direction
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Square
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Square
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Rectangular
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Border
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Slightly irregular
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A little bit (or slightly) irregular
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Half-moon edge on the side of the border
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A little irregular
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Definite border, visible where it started and stopped
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Jagged
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Jagged
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Jagged border on one side
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Jagged, uneven, undefined, melted into skin
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Irregular coloration
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Skin was a little bit pink, right on the border
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[Pinkish with] a tan border
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Color
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White
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Little white dot
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Interior looked white or grey-white
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Brownish white
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Darker white
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Beige
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Very light beige w/ black spot in the middle
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Skin color shade
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Blue
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Bluish dark
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Bluish, multi-colored
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Black
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Black freckle, like a black head
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Black dotted marks leaving a trail of brown
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Pink
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Pinkish, looking like a pimple
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Pinkish
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Pink
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Pinkish with a tan border
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Pinkish, pearlescent- like a reflection of a pearl
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Pink bumpy/bubbly area with a black freckle on top
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Dark pink
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Red
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Red
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Red
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Red, pinkish lesion
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Reddish
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Reddish, almost bright red
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Tiny, little red spot
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Brown
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Light and dark brown, with darker spots inside
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Brown
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Brown
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Brown
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Brownish or maroonish
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Brownish like a dark freckle
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A little brownish
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Brownish dark
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Dark brown
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Reddish brown
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Dark, reddish brown
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Brown and lighter /reddish
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Brown with some red
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Reddish brown
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Brown with some purple
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Dark
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Really dark with an even darker spot inside
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Dark, almost black
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Dark
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Diameter
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Tiny dot
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Like a dot made with a pen
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Tiny, like lead on a pencil, the size of a dot
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Tiny, tiny little spots
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Tiny, tiny, tiny, like the head of a pin
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Like if you took a fine-tipped pen and you just put three dots on a piece of paper
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< Pencil eraser
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Fairly small (1/8 of an inch)
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Very small (2 mm to 3-4 mm)
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Like a small pinhead used for sewing (1.5 mm)
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Much smaller than a pencil eraser
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Much smaller than a pencil eraser
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Like the tip of a pen (2 mm)
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Like a half of a pencil eraser
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Smaller than the size of a pencil eraser
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About 2/3 of a pencil eraser
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Half the size of a pencil eraser, very small
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~ Pencil eraser
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The size of a pencil eraser
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Almost the size of a pencil eraser
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The size of a pencil eraser
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The size of a pencil eraser or a little smaller
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Like a big pimple (1/4 of an inch
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About 1/4 inch round
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> Pencil eraser
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A little bigger than a pencil eraser
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Like two pencil-head erasers side-by-side
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A little bigger than the size of a pencil eraser
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The size of my little finger’s fingernail
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The size of the little fingernail on your hand
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As big as a very small blueberry, maybe even smaller
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Really tiny, smaller than 1 cm
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1 cm diameter
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Smaller than the size of a dime
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A little bit smaller than my thumbnail
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The size of my thumbnail
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About the size of a dime, maybe bigger
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About the size of a dime
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The size of a penny
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The size of a quarter, large
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A little bigger than a quarter
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Approximately 2 cm
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Elevation
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Slight
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Teeny little bump
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A little raised (1/8 of an inch; 1 mm)
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A little raised
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Only slight [elevation]
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Elevated a little, you could feel it, definitely
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A little raised bump
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Not huge, just slight [elevation]
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Could feel it- if you ran your finger over it
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A little bit raised but not grossly
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Definitely more flat, but [also] raised a bit
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Not very much elevated, a little bumpy
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Elevated a little bit
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Flat, less than 1 mm, a really tiny thing
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Like a little raised scar, bubbly a little bit
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A little bit elevated, some parts higher than others
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A little bit elevated but small, small
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Rounded at the top, a tiny bubble like a tiny curve -also went down below the surface
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Could feel it, wasn’t flush with the skin (1/4 inch high)
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Elevated above the skin like bumps on skin
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The big the balloon was maybe 1/8 of an inch
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Elevated, like a pimple
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Raised at least a ¼ of an inch, maybe more
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Textured
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A little bit raised, puffy, just like a little bump
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A little bit bumpy with a rough texture
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Growing out of the skin, I could feel the crustiness
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A little bit raised, puffed up
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A little raised, a little crusty
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Felt like a bee sting, no pain (the texture of it)
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Prominent
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Raised up and prominent
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Raised, pronounced, thick (5 mm)
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Raised, like a swelling from a bee sting
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Evolution [chronology]
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Asymmetry change
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From round to oblong [2 weeks]
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Changed shape [In a matter of weeks]
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Looked different from last time I checked [2 months]
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Not the same shape as in the past [6 months]
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Border change
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Became more irregular [6-12 months]
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Got irregular [In a matter of weeks]
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Some parts of the border became red [Over the last few years]
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Color change
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From light beige to beige with a black spot [Over time]
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Became darker at the center
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From brownish to darker with brown tinges [2 weeks]
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From light brown to really dark [Really fast]
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Got darker, from light to dark brown [6 months]
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Became a little bit dark
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Got a little darker [Slowly, over the years]
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From brown to brown with purple in it [2-4 months]
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From brown to black, in a dripping pattern [2 weeks]
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From brown to black [4-5 months]
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From bluish dark to almost black [3 months]
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Blackened
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Diameter change
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Didn’t get too much bigger [2 weeks]
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Grew in size [Overnight]
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Got bigger, from 0.5 to 2 cm [4 weeks]
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Grew quickly, all of a sudden [4-6 weeks]
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Got a little bigger [Over the last few years]
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Got bigger [3-4 months]
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Got a little bit bigger, larger [3 months]
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Grew a little bit bigger [Slowly, over the years]
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Came back/grew after biopsy [4-5 months]
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Got bigger, from 1 to 2 mm [6-12 months]
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Grew in size, from nothing to pencil eraser size [In a matter of weeks]
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Got slightly bigger [Almost 1 year]
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Got (a little bit) bigger [Over time]
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Kept getting bigger and bigger
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Growing in size [12 months]
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Elevation change
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Got raised [2 weeks]
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Got higher [4 weeks]
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More raised [2 months]
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Got more density to it [Very quick]
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Became thicker [3.5 weeks]
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Became more pronounced
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Became more pronounced, protruding from the skin [Relatively quickly]
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Became puffy [6-12 months]
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Became bumpier, not smooth [2-4 months]
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Puffed up [Over time]
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Physical signs and symptoms
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Itchy
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A little bit itchy
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Really itchy
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Itching a good deal
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Became itchy
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Became itchy [6 months]
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Became itchy [2 months]
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Bleeding
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Bleeding after shaving/ picking at it
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Bleeding after shaving or squeezing [2-3 weeks]
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Blood spots under the mole
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Bleeding
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Weeping
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Weeping pus
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Discharge
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Moist
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Multiple signs
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A little bit itchy and bleeding [Once]
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Itchy, scaling and flaky, cracking, bleeding
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Itchy, sore/sensitive, and bleeding- from towel drying
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Bleeding a little, open sore, scabbed over
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A little bit itchy and a little bit scaly
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Itchy and erupting [Periodically]
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Itchy, did not heal, looked like a keloid scar
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Became dry, scaly, peeling [All of the sudden]
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Sensitive and hurting/ sore, radiating pain [All of a sudden]
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Itchy and painful
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Oozing- from towel drying, sensitive, breaking open
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Tactile sensations
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Did not feel right, it was purely tactile
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Could feel it- by touching
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Hardened, became more solid [Over a few days]
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Hardened a little bit
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Felt like a hard pimple- by touching
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Felt like cracking a peanut open- after squeezing
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