I have a small mole under my right eye and I'd like to get rid of it. Last year I went to a doctor (cosmetics) and he underwent the removal by using plasma laser. Recently, I see some videos about mole removal pen. My questions are: 1. Is it safe for me to remove the mole using the pen? 2. If I remove the mole by using this pen, is there any guarantee that the mole won't grow back? Thanks in advance
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Hi there,
Thanks for the enquiry.
The area looks like normal healing tissue, although it is impossible to say for certain without a face to face assessment. It is normal to have redness at the base of the wound post mole removal. What is abnormal is redness that extends outside the area of...
Benign vs. malignant moles should be examined by an expert to determine risk and the need for a biopsy. Non-surgical options exist to help reduce scarring. Minimizing scar tissue is paramount and can be achieved by employing laser treatments and post-treatment scar therapy.
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Hi and thank you for this great question! I agree with the physicians who have posted before me in that you have a few options, specifically a shave excision or full thickness excision. A shave excision, although better from a scarring standpoint, does not definitively remove the mole and...