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i have a flat mole and i hate it. Is there any way I can remove it on my own? (Photo)

itatihernandez23Dec 10, 2015
It is a small brown flat mole on my bottom right lip and i absolutly hate it, people confuse it as a lip piercing and it bothers me, i really want to get rid of it on my own since i don't want to get surgery done, is there any way i can do this?

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