Fort Worth Mole Removal doctors
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Peter Malouf, DO
Dallas Dermatologist
6117 Berkshire Lane, Dallas |
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Vishnu Rumalla, MD
Dallas Plastic Surgeon
1870 Keller Parkway Suite 100, Keller |
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Colin Pero, MD
Dallas Facial Plastic Surgeon
5425 W Spring Creek Pkwy Suite 170, Plano |
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M. Basem Chaker, MD
Fort Worth Dermatologist
12001 South Fwy Ste 205, Burleson |
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William Cothern, DO
Fort Worth Dermatologist
4201 Camp Bowie Blvd Ste A, Fort Worth |
Recent Answers
If a mole is removed by shaving it off, can it recur to look worse than the original mole was (e.g. more patchy or more raised)? or would the recurring mole be similar to the original one? Many thanks
Shaving a mole leaves some cells behind which may grow and the mole recurs. In terms of its appearance, you must evaluate the look of the mole vs how you look now vs what the scar of a complete excision would look like.
I had a non-cancerous mole removed by laser. The mole was quite deep so not all of the mole was removed. What happens if the little bit of mole left under the surface of the skin becomes cancerous after some years? Is it possible for the cancer to go unnoticed? Will scar tissue from the laser removal some years earlier hide the cancer to me or the dermatologist?
This is a fantastic question. Unless you saw a dermatologist who was certain there was no malignant potential in this "mole" you had treated, you do stand to risk potential masking of a malignancy forming in the remaining cells. This is likely a low probability, but this is why dermatologists hardly every use a laser to remove melanocytic lesions, without first doing a biopsy.
