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A flesh colored mole in the crease such as yours is so easy to remove. It can be shaved flat for roughly $175+ office visit $85 and will look great but may recur and need to be done again in a few yrs. Or it can be excised and sutured up with a little dermabrasion to fade the edges nicely for roughly $250-350 and be gone for evermore. Both are done under local and your derm surgeon can do it in the office operating room. Sincerely,David Hansen,MD
A shave excision istypically the easiest, most cost effective, and least likely to scar method ofremoval for your mole. With this method the mole is actually "shaved off" at alevel just below the surface of the skin. From the appearance of the mole on the photograph, I believe that a shave removalwould be the best way to go. Dermatologic surgeons are experts at doing this procedure.
Removal by shave excision or hyfrecator or Erbium/CO2 laser would all be effective and less likely to leave a scar compared to excision. I would go with the method that your dermatologist feels most comfortable with and is most experienced with.
I feel that it is never appropriate to use a laser as your primary treatment for removing a mole. Regardless of how "benign" a mole may appear, a biopsy may still reveal it to be atypical. There are many ways to surgically remove a mole with a minimal scar and have tissue to send for...
Nose moles can be removed safely and sent to a laboratory to determine the type of growth and any need for further treatment. Raffy Karamanoukian MD FACSLos Angeles