Pigmentation/Moles

[ELB1]

Hi there anyone.

I have seen a real increase in the pigmentation and size of some of the moles I have on my body and some new ones have appeared through my pregnancy. Apologies in advance for tmi - but the biggest changes/new ones have appeared on my boobs and fanjo area!

Does anyone know if this is normal - I have heard that pigmentation can increase during pregnancy, but wasn't sure if it would "gather" in existing moles like this so I'm not sure if I should be concerned or not really. I suppose I would be if I wasn't pg.
If anyone has experienced this it would be good to hear what you found - and did they settle back down afterwards?

Hi ELB

I had this - had a whole new mole like freckle grow on my boobs in my 1st pg and then this one grew again in this pg - spoke to GP about it, as my grandmother died from skin cancer so very conscious of this and she said it is perfectly normal in pg for moles to grow a bit - however if you are at all concerned about any do get it checked out - better safe than sorry!

take care
xx

oh, I was just wondering this the other day - I have a light coloured mole on one of my boobs that has increased in size quite significantly and I was wondering whether I should go get it checked out... no colour change or anything else that looked dodgy.

eh. I really couldn't be bothered going all the way to the GP just for that, but at the same time... would be mad not to if it is something problematic.