Does Laser Mole Removal Work?

Skin lesions should first be assessed by a knowledgeable physician, then evaluated for removal. You are describing several different types of lesions, and they will be likely need to be addressed in different ways. - All lesions should be considered for biopsy. - Fast growth, irregular edges, changes in color can be concerning.- some types of "moles"- (lesions)- need a special type of excision, and biopsy- some are benign and can be shaved off- some can be addressed with cryo-freezeAnd last...removal of any mole will always leave a scar. the goal is to make that scar less noticeable than the lesion, and hopefully not noticeable at all. Laser is very useful in general, but you should have your moles evaluated before considering treatment.

Sometimes laser mole removal will work. We recommend a visit to determine the type of mole and at that time a discussion of treatment options is indicated. There are benign and malignant moles, both of which differ in treatment. 

1.  From what you have written, I cannot tell what you have.  You could have real nevi, or moles, or just keratoses, which are benign age changes, or merely freckles from a life of sun exposure2.  Having said that, if they are actual moles (and you determine this by seeing a doctor, not your cousins or friends....LOL) you should never have them lasered.   If you do, there is no specimen to send to a pathologist to examine.  Some moles are potentially dangerous, pre-melanoma, and you would want to know this so a deeper removal can be done.Bottom Line    Get the correct diagnosis and don't go for the easiest way if your life is at stake.

In my opinion, moles should not be removed with a
laser.



Moles are a general term for a growth on the skin, but often
they are made up of non-cancerous pigment cells called melanocytes or
nevocellular cells. The problem is that these
same cells can sometimes be cancerous.
We call this type of cancer melanoma.
Melanomas are curable when found and treated early, but can be deadly
when they are found at a later stage or when they spread to lymph nodes and
internal organs.

When a mole is removed with a laser, the tissue is destroyed
and cannot be examined to be sure that it is not a melanoma.



Also, sometimes people present with melanomas in internal
organs (metastases) and the source of the melanoma on the skin (the primary
lesion) is not apparent. If a mole is
removed and not tested, and at some future date you develop a metastatic
melanoma without a primary lesion, we will always wonder whether one of those
moles that were burned off with a laser was really a melanoma.



Don’t have your moles removed with a laser.

Yes, it works but its not the method I would advice you to use. The laser ultimately
destroys the mole, that in turn makes it impossible to tell if the mole was
pre-cancerous or possible malignant.

 

"Dr.D"