First of all, try not to worry. Here's my story and I did not have cancer.
My experience seems to be a little different to the other posters.
Just for point of reference, I'm blonde, pale skinned and have never been a sun-bather.
I was referred for possible skin cancer under the 2-week wait cancer diagnosis pathway.
My GP referred me to a Dermatology clinic which is a private practice. The person who used a dermatoscope to measure and photograph my tiny 'mole' was not a trained Dermatologist and could not advise me on anything.
The measurements and photographs were then emailed to an actual Dermatologist. I then had a 5-day wait.
Unfortunately, they could not establish if it was a rogue mole or not, so then it became know as a 'lesion'.
I then got a next-day appointment at a NHS hospital to have the dermatoscope test repeated by a Consultant.
The Consultant said it had unusual features so decided it needed to be biopsied a couple of days later.
I was sent away with leaflets and an appointment for a punch biopsy.
On the day of the biopsy with a Surgeon, she repeated the dermatoscope test and took more measurements. It had grown by 1mm but was still tiny.
The punch biopsy would just take a central core sample of it so you'd get left with something that resembled a polo mint lesion.
Fortunately the Surgeon asked if I would prefer it removed completely. That's what I chose. The removal took less than 5 minutes and I felt no pain during or after removal.
She told me there and then that it would now be sent off to the lab but in her experience whatever it turned out to be looked benign. Stitches stayed in for about a week. No noticeable scar.
A few days later, I received a letter stating it was a benign normal mole.
It does make you a bit more alert in the future & but that's not a bad thing.
Hope that helps someone in some way!