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I have lots of moles on the right side of my body from face to thigh, but the left side is normal, is there any explanation for this?

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Dr. Ed Friedlander answered

Minor mystery: I've seen photos of rashes, metastatic disease, and tendency to marks involving one side strikingly and utterly sparing the other. This must be the result of a mutation that happened to one of your cells when you were two-cells big -- or something similar, a somatic mutation. We don't know what it is, but I wouldn't worry and instead enjoy being a curiosity. Best wishes.

Answered 2/6/2015

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A member asked:

I have lots of moles on the right side of my body from face to thigh, but the left side is normal, is there any explanation for this?

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Dr. Ed Friedlander answered

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