Laser Treatment for Skin Tag on Lower Eyelid?

The size of the tag / mole would largely determine the safest approach. The first thing to consider is the IDENTITY of the tag / mole. If there is ANY consideration that it could be malignant, I would strongly advise you to have it or a piece of it cut for a biopsy - burning it with a laser would forever keep the identity a secret until, if a cancer, it came back, possibly worse than before. Second, a laser is NOT a gentle tool. It literally cooks the skin inflicting a burn. Depending on... more

You should follow the advice of the ophthalmologist and have this lesion surgically excised. A facial plastic surgeon or an ophthalmologic plastic surgeon should be able to leave you with less of a scar than the laser would. Realize you would need an ablative laser which will leave a scar. Even more important is that a tissue diagnosis is fundamentally important. This is not a skin tag...otherwise this could be easily snipped off. Being some sort of tumor, it would be imperative that you d more

Laser offers little if any benefit for reducing or eliminating this mole. Although it sounds sexy, the laser does not protect against unfavorable scarring. Therefore traditional excision is a reasonable approach