My wife had a spot on her leg between her calf and ankle. Went to the primary care dr. He wasn’t worried about it and froze it off. Even when she asked him several times to send a sample in he did not. Well it came back within 6 weeks. It was probably the size of a pencil eraser. We got into a dermatologist and they removed it. Turns out it was melanoma . She had to go in and have a huge chunk removed. Like the size of a baseball. They had to place a skin graft on it. They also removed some lymph nodes. She had some melanoma cells in one of them. Her melanoma is a fast growing one. I cant remember the exact terms they used. When you look up the statistics on here stage the 5 year survival rate is low 60%. She has to go in every few months and have several tests and scans to make sure it does not come back or spread. They say she will never be safe from it now that she had it and it got to lymph nodes.
So be careful and if you have a concerning spot go in asap and get it taken care of. Time is of the essence with melanoma.
They said to us women usually get it on the back of the lower legs, like she did. Men normally get it on their back or shoulders. All from sun burns and damage.