People with skin of colour tend to have: Thicker melanomas at diagnosis and higher mortality rates Significantly higher rates of melanomas in areas not exposed to the sun, including the subungual, palmar, and plantar surfaces (eg, acral lentiginous melanoma in Pacific Islanders, blacks, and Asians) Non-cutaneous melanomas (eg, mucosal melanoma, ocular melanoma)
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Your doctor will numb the area with lidocaine, the same way your dentist numbs you before you have a cavity filled
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