Dr Helen Marchetti
Consultant dermatologist and clinical lead: skin cancer and mole mapping
GMC specialist registerDEMO-6200001
Next slotTue 08:40 (demonstration)
DaysMon · Tue · Thu · Sat
00Skin cancer & molesProcedure
Full-body mole mapping
ClinicSkin cancer & moles
SeenWithin two weeks
ResultReport in 2 working days
Price£345 · Yearly re-map £245; includes the consultant check
Next slotTue 08:40 · Dr Helen Marchettidemonstration
Total-body photography plus dermoscopic images of every notable mole, stored so that next year's map shows exactly what is new or changed.
00The record
Full-body mole mapping: what it is, what is included.
| Cell | Entry |
|---|---|
| Seen | Within two weeks |
| Result | Report in 2 working days |
| Price | £345, then £245 a year |
| Insured | Rarely covered; self-pay or plan |
| Length | 45 minutes |
| Instalments | £29 a month over 12 months at 0% |
Included in the price
- 01Total-body photography in the mapping booth
- 02Consultant full-body examination with dermoscopy
- 03Dermoscopic images of every notable mole
- 04Written report with body map within two working days
- 05Images kept securely and compared at every re-map
- 06Yearly re-map at £245
Mole mapping is for people whose moles cannot be tracked by eye: more than fifty, several atypical ones, a previous melanoma, or a strong family history. A nurse photographs the whole skin surface in the mapping booth, then a consultant examines you and captures a dermoscopic image of every mole worth recording. The software lines up next year's photographs against this year's and flags anything new or changed, so the consultant looks hardest where it matters.
What happens
- Total-body photography, about fifteen minutes, in a gown, with a nurse of your choice of gender
- A consultant full-body examination with dermoscopy
- Dermoscopic images of every notable mole, stored securely
- A report within two working days with a body map and any moles to watch
The first map is £345. Each yearly re-map is £245, or the Map plan at £29 a month includes it with priority photo triage and a six-month dermoscopy of anything flagged.
Procedure
From £345
Yearly re-map £245; includes the consultant check
SeenWithin two weeks
ResultReport in 2 working days
InsuredRarely covered; self-pay or plan
Or£29 a month at 0%
00Suitable for
Who this is for, and who it is not.
The consultant decides in the room; this is the honest list so you book the right appointment first time. Unsure: send a photo and Claire will say.
For
- More than fifty moles, or several atypical moles
- A previous melanoma or a family history of it
- Fair skin with a history of blistering sunburn
- Immunosuppressed patients, including after a transplant
Not for
- One or two moles you are worried about: book the mole check
- Under-16s, unless a paediatric dermatologist has recommended it
Insurance: Rarely covered; self-pay or plan. Billed directly: give Rosie your policy number and authorisation code and you pay only your excess.
00What happens
The appointment, step by step.
A mole check, full-body check or consultation ends with a verdict and a written note. You are not sent away to wait for a letter.
- 01Send a photo, or ringWhatsApp or upload a photograph and Claire replies within one working day: today, this week or routine. Or ring Rosie, who holds two same-day mole slots every weekday.
- 02The checkA consultant dermatologist examines the mole, or all of them, with a dermatoscope. Photographs are stored. You leave with a verdict in writing: reassure, re-check, or remove.
- 03Removal, if neededBooked within the week in our own minor operations room under local anaesthetic. Home the same hour. Everything removed goes to histology.
- 04The resultThe surgeon phones you within five working days, whatever the histology says. Abnormal results come with a plan and a date, and a same-day NHS referral if it is a melanoma.
- 05AfterwardsStitches out with Claire, a scar review at three months, and a follow-up plan in writing: yearly for most, three-monthly in year one after a melanoma. A map next year if your moles need one.
How you get the result
Within 2 working daysMole mapping reports, and the letter to your GP after any appointment. Blood results for isotretinoin and hair clinics.
If something is abnormalThe consultant phones you the day the report lands, books the next step within a week, and refers you the same day to the NHS skin cancer team if it is a melanoma.
Abnormal histology is phoned by the surgeon who took the sample, the day the report is signed, with the plan and a date. We do not post cancer results, and we do not leave them on voicemail: if we cannot reach you we keep trying and send a message asking you to call Rosie.
00Related conditions
The conditions this is booked for.
From the conditions A–Z, with the urgency stamp each carries. The full guide →
01Is mole mapping better than a full-body check?
Not for everyone. For someone with twenty moles a consultant's eye and a dermatoscope are enough. For someone with a hundred, or a previous melanoma, the photographs are what make the second and third years accurate: a change of a millimetre is measured, not remembered.
Worried about a mole?
Ring, or send a photo. Either way, you are seen.
Mole checks within 3 working days; same day if bleeding.
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