Mum of three who had mole on leg says 'my friends and family actually saved my life'

A mum of three didn’t take the mole on her leg seriously until she went to Portugal, and family members started to comment on its shape. A follow-up biopsy found it was skin cancer.

Rachel Wynne who was diagnosed with stage 2 melanoma in 2018. with he dog Gizmo. Photograph Moya Nolan

For about a year, whenever she was getting dressed, Rachel Wynne noticed the large mole on her left leg. Halfway between her knee and groin, it looked like a patch of dry skin.

“It wasn’t sore or itchy and it didn’t bleed. I’d put moisturiser on it, thinking that would take it away,” says the Dublin mum-of-three.