Cast on my arm left a mole?

I just got a cast off two days ago, and I had it on for alittle over five weeks. I had a broken growth plate. Now, I've always had freckles and such on my skin (even a few small moles) but they are always very light in color. When I got my cast taken off I imediantly noticed a very dark (its practically black.) It is slightly raised up, but not much. Its also kind of shiny. It all of the skin on my arm is very sensitive right now, because its been covered for so long, so I cant tell if its tender on its own or not. I'm alittle worried, but my parents dont have health insurance and mom freaks out bad about anything that even sounds like cancer. (It runs in my family) Thats another reason why I'm kind of freaked. Over ten people on both sides of my family have had cancer. Should I go to the doctor? Or are freckles common when the skin has been covered for so long?

Cast on my arm left a mole?
You are probably fine. It is very, very rare that moles turn to cancer. (If there is hair growing out of it, it is definitely not cancer.) Watch it for a week or two. If it grows or changes color, go to the doctor. If it is cancer, then it is skin cancer, and this will not kill you in a few short weeks. But again, you are most likely fine.
Reply:yeah, it's probably just cancer.. I wouldn't worry about it. no-- get it checked out tomorrow.. if you don't have health insurance and you live near canada, go there, they have free healthcare. you won't even qualify for health care in the US if any doctor knows you have the potential for any kind of desease. great country we live in.. even Cuba'a health system is better than ours. good luck. oh.. and if you get insured, you have to wait like 3 months before you get checked out, or your insurance will drop you for withholding information... good luck, if you have cancer in the US and you don't have money, you're basically dead.
Reply:i SUGGEST YOU GO TO THE DOCTORS
Reply:If you noticed it the second you got your cast off, why didn't ask the doctor or nurse who was next to you?
Reply:Its nothing to worry about probably just skin cancer
Reply:I would have it checked just in case. Never can be to careful when it comes to things like this.
Reply:If you live close to the Canadian border you should sneak in... it would be free... but otherwise i'd say see a doctor... which is more imortant your life, or a few hundred bucks?
Reply:It isn't cancer. Your skin is slightly malpigmented due to having been covered for so long. You already had the little mole, but it kinda blended in before. You are fine. No cancer. Keep it moisturized and if it gets bigger or gets hairy or anything then worry. But really it is just a mole.
Reply:Its Common Stuff i got 4 When i had my pot removed luckily for you its on ur arm mine was on my penis!
Reply:its not anything to worry about, when i had a cast on i had it for almost three months (really complicated fractures in my arm) when the cast was removed my whole arm was creepy looking, it was discolored and the hair had all grown darker or seemed to have grown darker. it went back to normal after a couple weeks.


i dont know what the black spot is for sure but i would be willing to bet it is just a short term consequence of having the cast on. it will return to normal soon enough.
Reply:You can always develop new freckles/moles. Did you ask your doctor about it when they took off the cast? When you go back for a check up just ask them, even though that's not their type of practice. They can at least give you some info. on it. When I got my cast off my wrist my arm looked all kind of weird, it took a few weeks but then everything was back to normal. If things don't improve go to your school nurse or try to find a free clinic. Since your still young, there should be some social services for you, if you look hard enough. You have the Internet, check out info. about it on here too and try and find dermatologist that do charity work. Sometimes you can find places that do things like that once in a while. Good luck!