I asked a question like this a while back but got no helpful answers. Guess i’ll try again.

So there’s a couple moles on my back and stomach that are black, red, tender and growing. I’m fairly certain it’s skin cancer. Even if it’s not, i’m sure a doctor will want to biopsy them.

Unfortunately, I am poor, and can’t afford health insurance or doctors bills. I have no money to fall back on, am not in university, not linked to my family in any way, so they can’t pay for it, and not eligible for medicare, medicaid or anything like that.

How the hell am I supposed to pay for skin cancer treatment? Or are my choices just "die" or "be in debt for the rest of my life?"

If anyone knows any programs or anybody that can help me, I would be more than glad to hear about them.
When I say I have no money, I mean I have NO MONEY.
Lots of people seem to think that "no money or insurance" means "available money and insurance that i’m just not accepting"
IT DOES NOT. STOP BEING UNHELPFUL.
I’ve checked free clinics, any around here that offer skin cancer treatment aren’t "accepting new patients"
AGAIN, I have NO MONEY, I recently moved, and would be homeless if it wasn’t for the good graces of my grandparents, who are letting me stay with them for a short time.

I’ve got an auntie with a black little growth on her shoulder, she’s had it for a long time but it was never a mole so could it be something like Melanoma?

She’s been to the doctor and she was told to get it removed, would the doctor send her for a removal before a biopsy if she thought it was serious?

Thanks.

I went to the doctor today and he told me that all moles are fine but I should use sunscreen when outside to protect myself from harmful sun rays

when I was young I had a blistering sunburn and I’ve always had lots of moles, I had a suspicious mole on my back, my doctor used a microscope and told me that it’s not cancerous

I thought this can only be done using biopsy

Mole removal, what leaves less of a scar freezing off or cutting out?
Went to several different dermatologists in the US. Most said they cut them out, some using a sharpened hole punch type device, then stitching up – cost 0 PER MOLE removed. Some say they can shave them off if they aren’t deep. Another dermatologist freezes them off, 0 TOTAL (not per mole) for up to 14 moles, so if you had 14 done, it would cost .28/each from 200/14=.28. Which method leaves less of a scar? Anyone tried various methods? Which is best? Using the cut off method they also do a biopsy to check for cancer which is why that method costs about 10x as much. Links and before/after pictures would also be good if you can supply. Some are on the face so which method would leave a minimal scar?

I had a flat black mole on my back. I could not feel any texture or raising with my finger. Others who felt it told me that they could not feel any texture or raising.

I recently had it removed and sent in for biopsy. I believe I had a shave biopsy from reading descriptions on the internet. However, they all say shave biopsies are only done on raised moles. So you tell me…

The doctor injected some type of numbing agent into the mole and then removed it somehow. I got no stitches and have a round, caved in wound slightly larger than the original mole. If looks like he simply cut the mole from the top layer of my skin, but like I said, no stiches.

Can anyone tell me what type of biopsy this was? AND if it was a shave biopsy, does that mean my mole was actually raised??

A knowledgable, serious answer will quickly be selected as best answer and many kudos given.

Thanks
In response to my first answer…it does matter to me, because from what I gather on the internet if you have superficial spreading melanoma it general starts to raise or develop nodules when it becomes invasive. Is that incorrect?