Could this be Nodular Melanoma or just a regular mole?

I've noticed this mole on my head for a few years now. I didn't really pay attention to it much because I keep my hair longer but when I shaved my head it seems to have maybe gotten bigger. I'm so scared it may be Nodular Melanoma. Here is a link to the photo. Being on my head it's really hard to observe.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7815614@N03...

The average untrained individual can never figure out whether or not a lesion on their own skin is malignant or not by comparing their lesion to photos they see on the internet. Also, derm photos on the internet tend to show more serious examples that might have been ignored rather than the more typical early lesion so comparing your lesion to interent photos will tend to not be an accurate comparison.

This is almost certainly not a malignant nodular melanoma because there is no dark melanin center to the lesion. Also nodular melanomas grow very quickly, over a period of weeks or a few months, so your chances of having had a nodular melanoma present for a few years without developing severe symptoms or illness are next to none.

Here are a couple web pages on nodular melanoma. On this first one scroll down to the section on nodular melanoma.

http://www.emedicine.com/DERM/topic257.h...

http://dermnetnz.org/lesions/melanoma.ht...

I've had numerous skin cancers of various types and this does not look like any type of melanoma to me. However it is possibly a basal cell carcinoma or a common precancer known as an actinic keratosis. Both can be present for years while growing slowly. A basal cell will not cause death unless ignored for many years and allowed to become very destructive. That is not the situation here. A basal cell will be cured by simple excision and an actinic keratosis can be treated & cured by freezing or excision or several other ways. This might also be one of several types of benign skin lesions.

basal cell - http://www.emedicine.com/ent/TOPIC722.HT...

AK - http://www.emedicine.com/derm/TOPIC9.HTM

Bottom line, you need to see a dermatologist to get this bump removed and biopsied to find out for sure what it is. This will be a minor procedure that will take a minute after the area is numbed up. You might or might not have a stitch or two. In a year any scar will be disappearing. Get this taken care of soon so you do not have to worry about it any longer.

good luck

it doesnt really look like a mole but here is what you should do. If you think it is Melanoma then what you should do is go to a dermatologist (Maybe) and they could like get it removed.
If its a pimple then I suggest that you put some proactive on

that is not a melanoma, I have seen many and that doesnt even look cancerous in any way but to ease your mind go get it checked..