When I was born I had what looked like a bruise on the back of my head, about the size of a 20p piece. As I got older and my hair darkened and it became hidden from view. My parents told me it was a birthmark and after a few years it was covered by a patch of white pigment-less hair. The rest of my hair went very dark and in school my nickname was Painter as the white bit looked like a blob of paint and I hated it.
When I hit 20 and started to go bald the only good thing about it was I hoped the bald spot would eventually spread cause the white bit to fall out. This happened obviously but I didn't realise the birthmark was still there, hidden all these years. It was really noticeable as it was the size of a small lemon but it didn't bother me too much as it was a case of 'out of sight out of mind'.
Fast forward about 10 years and after shaving my head with electric clippers I started wet-shaving it to get it completely bald but I was worried about cutting in to the birthmark. I went to see my GP who told me it wasn't a birthmark but a large mole. I panicked as up until then I used sunbeds a lot and my doctor advised me to never do so again and I complied. As for cutting in to it he just advised me to be careful and go around it if I could and I managed it fine up until about a year ago when I sliced in to it really badly. I went back to my GP and he scheduled me in to have the whole thing removed.
Phase one was in September, because it was so large they couldn't do it in a single sitting to they cut out about 40% and left it to heal.
Today I went back for the 2nd phase and they got rid of just about all of it and because of how large the remains were the stitches are a bit firm and now the right side of my head is so tight I feel like Tom Jones after his 9th facelift. Still, happy it's all been taken care of and once the stitches come out I can get on with wet-shaving my head properly with no worries about cutting in to it
