All right, I'll admit I'm not 100% sure here of what I say. But my wife works for a dermatologist and gives me stories all the time........not that I listen.
Don't you have to have the mole removed and biopsied to confirm you have melanoma? Ie: I just had a patch removed a couple months ago, and I had to wait for the results to confirm basil cell melanoma, which were negative thankfully.
I know what the rest of you are saying too about burning flesh, great smell