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What is Mole Mapping?

April 26, 2017Mapping mole

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What is Mole Mapping?

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The Cadogan Clinic offers a range of skin cancer prevention programs including mole mapping, a technique whereby your moles are catalogued or ‘mapped’. Images are created are used as a sort of ‘skin cancer surveillance program’, with regular comparisons of images used to look for changes in mole sizes and shapes – an early indication of a problem. Mole screening and mapping provides a full set of 14 to 16 standardised baseline high-resolution medical photographs of the entire skin surface. These identify the location and condition of every mole on the body. Through regular comparisons both you and the doctor can spot changes in existing moles and locate new moles that may develop. This assists in the earlier diagnosis of malignant melanoma – and could even save your life.