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Is this mole cancer? Last week it started to swell. (Photos)

snickers2Feb 14, 2018

About a month ago I noticed the mole on my lower back was scaly and itchy. Last week it started to swell feeling like it was going to burst, and turned red. Now it's crumbling off in pieces, bleeding in different spots, lazing yellow stuff, and my whole lower back is red and hot. It hurts so bad.

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