A similar thing happened to my 80+ year old dad last year. He was actually coming to visit with us in Perth (they live in Calgary) but first went to Sydney to visit some friends for a couple of weeks. When my parents arrived to us my dad had a really weird mole on his face. We immediately took him to a clinic here where they removed it and sent it for a biopsy. A few days later the results arrived that it was a melanoma. However, they removed all of it and there didn't appear to be any residual effects.
Melanoma is quite common in Australia especially amont the older (50+) crowd. That generation used to run around without hats or sunscreen and now they're all paying the price. The UV rating down-under is often "Extreme". Besides my dad, since I've lived in Oz I've known 4 people that have had melanoma. However, the screening and treatment for melanoma has advanced so much over the last few years that it's considered quite treatable as long as it's caught early enough.
No cancer is good, but a melanoma, if caught early enough is one of the most treatable. Good luck to you and your dad.
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