Skin cancer checks in Melbourne

A full skin check or a particular spot?

A full skin check includes a head-to-toe doctor examination using a digital dermatoscope, supported by total-body imaging. Your doctor discusses the findings, any spots that need monitoring or further assessment, and your follow-up plan.

If you want one to three particular spots assessed, a Targeted Skin Spot Check is a focused 20-minute appointment. It does not include a full-body check. If you are unsure which appointment to choose, call (03) 8373 4646.

What happens during a skin check?

• Your history and concerns: tell the doctor about new or changing spots, previous skin cancers and relevant family history.
• Imaging: 2D photographs at Ivanhoe or VECTRA® WB360 3D imaging at Diamond Creek create a record for comparison at future visits.
• Doctor examination: your doctor examines your skin with digital dermoscopy and assesses the spots you are concerned about.
• Your next steps: findings are explained, including whether a spot needs monitoring, biopsy or treatment and when to return.

The Ivanhoe skin-check page and Diamond Creek skin-check page explain preparation, privacy and the appointment in more detail.

Skin check fees and appointment lengths

Allow approximately one hour, including around 40 minutes with your doctor, for a full check with fewer than 100 spots. Appointments for more than 100 spots allow about one hour and 20 minutes. The booking button lets you choose the appropriate length.

Our skin check services and fees page lists current out-of-pocket fees after Medicare rebates, booking deposits and shorter review appointments. A full-check deposit comes off your total on the day.

Skin checks in Melbourne’s north-east

Our Ivanhoe clinic is on Heidelberg Road at the Rose Street corner, with underground and street parking and Darebin Station a short walk away. It is convenient for Ivanhoe East, Eaglemont, Heidelberg, Alphington and Fairfield.

Our Diamond Creek clinic is next to Coles in the shopping centre, with centre parking and Diamond Creek Station nearby. Patients also visit from Eltham, Greensborough, Hurstbridge, Doreen, Mernda and South Morang.

Both clinic pages include directions, opening hours and links to the doctors’ profiles.

How imaging supports your examination

Total-body photographs provide a baseline for comparing your skin over time. The imaging supports your doctor’s assessment; it does not replace the examination.

• 2D total-body photography at Ivanhoe: a set of standardised photographs of your skin.
• 3D mole mapping at Diamond Creek: the VECTRA® WB360 system creates a three-dimensional photographic record.
• Digital dermatoscopy: magnified views help your doctor assess individual spots during the examination.

For patients using the combined pathway, a 3D scan at Diamond Creek is followed by 2D imaging and a doctor examination at Ivanhoe. See the combined pathway and preparation guidance or speak with the clinic about the arrangements.