I was supposed to be having a "mole" removed but it's gone away on its own. WWYD?

[madamedepoppadom]

Around Christmas time I noticed what I thought at the time was a new mole on my chest. Since it seemed to have appeared quite suddenly I went to the GP and was referred to a dermatologist. While waiting for the appointment I happened to pass a beauty clinic that had pictures in the window of all the different types of things they could treat, and one of them - seborrhoeic warts - looked exactly like my "mole." So I later looked up some more information on those, and I'm pretty sure that's what I had. It was flattish, rather dry textured, and it bled a couple of times when I accidentally scratched it.

Fast forward a couple of months and I had my consultation at the hospital, The dermatologist didn't actually say what he thought my "thing" was called, but he straight away said it was completely harmless, but he would like to remove it as it was in a position where it could get rubbed by my bra. I had quite a few dates coming up where I wouldn't have been able to have it done, so we agreed it would be after the Easter holidays. I haven't had a date through yet.

Trouble is, a few days after he'd looked at it (and perhaps not incidentally wiggled it about a bit), the "thing" became a lot more scabby looking and within a week or so it had all fallen off. There's only a tiny mark left where it was. If it's what I think it is it could potentially grow back or I could get more of them, but there's essentially nothing to remove at the moment.

I don't know what's the best thing to do now -

(1)) wait for my appointment letter and then phone and say it's gone and ask what they want me to do,

(2)try to get in touch proactively now, or

(3) just turn up to the appointment, show him the tiny mark and see what he thinks. The problem with option 2 is I've only got the phone number for the department as a whole (probably the receptionist) and don't actually know the name of the person I saw, although I could probably give a good description of him!

What do you think?

I would leave things be for the minute and decide what to do when the appointment arrives from the hospital. If you decide to cancel it then there'll still be plenty of time for them to offer your appointment to someone else.
I had what sounds to be a similar type of mole to you removed by one of the GP's in my surgery and he appeared to just scrape the surface off it. It took him no time at all, and as he was training another doctor at the time he asked if I had any others that I'd like him to check and remove if suitable. The second one was removed by the trainee under supervision and if I'm being honest she didn't do quite as good a job as there is a small raised scar where it was. Initially I thought that it was going to grow back, but it hasn't done so yet. There is no mark at all where the first mole was.

Thanks millymae - I was leaning towards that solution but it's good to know someone agrees. "A small raised scar" is probably what I've got now, only a couple of mm long and I probably wouldn't even notice it if I didn't know where it had come from.

I had one of them and the GP said it didn't need taking out as it would eventually fall off. Which it did after a few months. I don't think I'd bother with the appointment tbh of there's nothing really to see.

I looked seborrhoeic warts up online and discovered they're also known as ,"senile warts"

Oh, I get these! Have done for about 20yrs. New one like once every 3-4 yrs. Couple locations are recurring, and now I spot them on other people, too. Harmless. I pick them off when I get aware of them. Feckers can itch. I don't see any point in seeing consultant; they can't diagnose what they can't see. Since neither GP nor consultant saw it as SK they can't confirm that's what it was, either, so may not want to try to advise much.