Does Laser Mole Removal Work?

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"