The skin in the area can become injured, leading to an open wound. With that being said, scratching or picking at a mole can cause infection. It is unlikely that scratching a mole will result in cancer. So far, it seems as though inflammation in the surrounding tissue can trigger a group of abnormal cells into developing into a tumor. In the vast majority of cases, they do not cause cancer but rather enter a state called quiescence, which is essentially a sleep-state.Ī small percentage of moles will become cancerous, but why this happens is not yet known, although research is being conducted to determine the reason. Melanocytes in moles have a mutation in a cancer-related gene that make them grow and multiply. Melanin is the pigment that determines the color of your skin, grows darker with a suntan and produces the dark color of moles. Moles are comprised of a collection of melanocytes – the skin cells that produce melanin. Moles are not cancer at the same time, they are not normal skin cells either. While in fact, scratching a mole is not regarded as a way cancer develops, research has shown that there are reasons why you may not want to ignore Mom’s advice.
Did your mother ever tell you not to scratch a mole on your skin? The thought behind that warning is that scratching a mole could lead to cancer.
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