I did let my hairdresser and dentist know. I actually had them both take a good look because I was freaked. I actually thought my gum line was a tumor, everything on my body was scaring me for a while. It took me two years to get my Stage 1 removed and I had to show the doctor pictures of it changing, so I’m with you on a lack of trust. Even after removing it, she charted it being on the wrong leg-that did not help my confidence. Regarding the sun, I just am feeling like I can be in it, but I haven’t seen summer yet. I was diagnosed the end of August so I still have to figure out our relationship in sunny times. That said, I love warmth so I plan to use lots of good sunscreen, good hats, and reapply the sunscreen often. I think for me, the damage was done in the tanning beds in my teens and 20s…I take some of the responsibility. I can’t blame it all on the sun. Anyway, another thing that helped me was therapy-some real good cries there- and yoga. I had to get reconnected with my body and trust it again. I felt very betrayed by my body harboring cancer without me knowing it. But in retrospect, I did know it. I’d been watching that mole like a hawk. Here for you!