How can a person get rid of moles?!


Question: How can a person get rid of moles?
I have 2 moles on my face and I think that they are hideous. I have seen a dermatologist and he told me that he is afraid to remove them because it will leave scarring on my face and the other mole is on my lip in which he something on my lips and it is still there. My moles are not cancerous. I want them to remove to imporve my appearnace. So, what options do I have to remove them?

Answers:

I had a mole on my face - and I always swore that if it ever sprouted hairs I would have it removed. It did and I did - and I don't regret it. Luckily my doctor referred me to a plastic surgeon. He said if the mole didn't show, then a dermatologist would be fine - but being on the face, I needed someone that was an artist - and plastic surgeons are artists when it comes to keeping scars small and invisible.

He did a beautiful job; I am one of those people that scar really easily and scars last a long time. This scar barely showed after a year - and I can't even see it now - and I can see scars I've had since I was 10 and I am 50+!

My insurance paid for the whole thing because of the change in the appearance of the mole. It was not cancerous. Talk with your regular doctor who should be able to help you get in touch with a plastic surgeon.

Good Luck.



If your dermatologist is afraid of scarring, consult a plastic surgeon to see if the moles can be removed in a way which will not leave much scarring or damage (you don't want your lips damaged, particularly). I had the same problem, was referred to a plastic surgeon and got it taken care of easily. Surgery does leave scarring, regardless, but the plastic surgeon was able to minimize it.

If it cannot be safely removed, you can play it up as a beauty mark (like Cindy Crawford), or there are concealers available used by both men and women to make moles, scars and other skin issues less noticeable. Ask your dermatologist to recommend one.

Do not try any of the "home remedies" floating around on the internet to remove them yourself. If your dermatologist won't remove them, that's usually a good sign that if you try it, you might end up worse than you started.



When one of my granddaughters was 15, we went to the dermatologist about a mole on her cheek. She has auburn hair, and the mole is pigmented dark auburn and about half the size of a pencil eraser. She felt like it is very conspicuous, etc. The attractive female dermatologist convinced us to leave it alone, and she understood how my granddaughter felt about it. However, the doctor pointed out, and we came to see her reasoning, that the removal would absolutely leave some scar. She said that moles are not as noticeable to others as we think. They are expected and natural, and as such, when we look at a face we just glance over them as normal and they make no impression. The scar, on the other hand, is not normal or expected, and would draw a lot more attention being different at all from a normal face and arouse questions, whether asked or not. Her advice was to draw attention to the good stuff--the gorgeous hair, eyes, and brilliant smile, and leave the mole alone. It shows no sign of cancer or the scar would be a welcome change. We decided to accept it as a beauty spot that for some reason is there "just for decoration", as another granddaughter says about her multitudinous freckles that accompany her red hair.
Maybe that is what your dermatologist meant, and ours just did a better job of explaining.



Trust me here...I've had 14 moles removed so far...and many more to go (some of them have been on their way to cancerous - yikes!). And I scar VERY badly! So of course I'm very selective about having moles removed.

Here's the bottom line: There are 3 basic ways to remove a mole (all of which must be done by a dermatologist):

1.) Scraped Off - this is where your doc numbs the area locally, and then uses a fine razor blade to scrape the mole off gently layer by layer. This causes the least amount of scarring (even I have had one mole removed on my face for cosmetic reasons, and there was NO scar! Woohoo!). The downside is that the mole can return over time (which mine is slowly doing after 7 years).

2.) Freezing Off - this is where the mole is frozen off by chemical spray. Hurts something fierce, and can leave minor scarring. This is the medium-level of removal. Not my preferred method.

3.) Full Biopsy - this is where the mole is fully cut away and the area usually has to be stitched up. This is most effective when you need the mole removed for reasons other than cosmetic issues. This gets rid of the mole permanently, but will leave a scar. :(

There are no home remedies to get rid of them, and I wouldn't trust anyone over your dermatologist when it comes to removing them. If you consult with him/her again, ask about the scraping method and see what they say. I had no scarring from my scraping - but you still might be risking it. I'd trust your derm fully, and really consider whether a scar or a mole is worse.

Good luck.



Aside from minor surgery, none that I know of. You might be able to have a plastic surgeon remove them, as he or she would be trained to minimize scarring more than a dermatologist would.




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