Our experience has taught us that melanoma in its early stage can look absolutely normal. If a screening nurse or a doctor makes a decision on the spot about which mole is normal and which is not, there is a chance of missing a malignancy. Here is an image of an early stage melanoma and you can see more examples if you look at the images taken at the first screening of people whose lives we have saved. At this stage nobody would have suspected that these were melanomas at all.

With the images of all your moles we can detect even the slightest changes by comparing your previous records to the new images we capture when you come for your follow-up screening. These changes are the only foolproof indication of an early malignancy.

Most patients would probably prefer to have the opinion of a second specialist to evaluate every single mole or skin lesion. With Melanomamobil’s screening process this comes as standard. Where removal by excision is recommended then a third clinician, our senior medical consultant, will also evaluate your case.

The key feature in diagnosing an early stage malignancy (melanoma) is this comparative analysis because only by detecting changes at the earliest point, where a mole might still look normal, can the melanoma be caught in time to save your life.