With the ABCDE rule, you can check for yourself at home whether your birthmarks require a medical examination. Each letter of the ABCDE rule stands for a characteristic that a skin lesion, such as a mole, can have.
This is how the ABCDE rule works
The characters are:
A = asymmetry
- Does the mole have a flat, circular shape? this is good.
- Is the birthmark uneven and uneven? Then you should see a dermatologist.
b = border
- Are the edges sharp and smooth? this is good.
- Are the edges fuzzy, jagged, uneven, or jagged? Then you should see a dermatologist.
C = color (farb)
- Does the mole have a uniform color? this is good.
- Does it have different colours, spots or blotches? Then you should see a dermatologist.
D = diameter
- Is the mole smaller than five millimeters at its widest point? this is good.
- Is it larger than five millimeters, or is the shape hemispherical? Then you should see a dermatologist.
E = grandeur and sophistication
- Is the mole flat and does not change its shape? this is good.
- Is it higher than a millimeter, is a nodule forming or is it getting bigger? Then you should see a dermatologist.
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