Can my 13 Year Old Remove a Small Mole Under the Corner of herEyebrow?

Most moles are very easy to remove and can help self-esteem a lot in a teenager. It takes only a pinprick and a few minutes with parental consent and runs roughly $350 for a small mole. Sincerely,

David Hansen,MD

As long as your child is okay with it and you consent to the procedure this can be removed. If it is not suspicious, some feel that it is better for the child to wait until they are 18 to make their own decision. But the removal of it should not affect growth in anyway, but this also depends on where it is and what it look like. The situation is better determined during a consultation.

As long as your 13 year-old is willing and able to handle a local anesthetic needle (very mild quick discomfort), then they can certainly have their mole removed at a dermatologist or plastic surgeon's office, typically within 10-15 minutes, and really minimal risk other than a slight mark. Dr. Benjamin Barankin, Toronto Dermatology Centre.

If your 13 year old dislikes the mole and would like it removed, it can be done quite easily in the office within 10 minutes.  A local anesthetic is required, the mole is excised and sent to the lab, and it takes about 10 to 14 days to heal. The cosmetic result is usually excellent.  Avoid sun on the fresh skin to prevent pigmentation.

It is very easy to remove moles from the eyebrow area on a young individual.  Cosmetically speaking, the results are excellent. The procedure itself is not very involved and can be done in an office with local anesthesia. I recommend you consult a board-certified dermatologist or facial plastic surgeon and make sure that whoever removes it (if you choose to), he or she then sends the mole to the pathologist to be checked. 

With parental consent the "mole" can be safely removed. Generally, a local anesthetic is used and the lesion can be removed by tangential excison (i.e. shaved off). The lesion should be sent for pathology to assure that it is benign beneath the microscope. Some pigmented lesions need to be excised and sutured closed. Best option is to see a dermatolgist with extensive experience in this and discuss your options. Good luck.

 

The key here is it the child or the parent that wants this removed.  If it is the parent, I would suggest waiting until it bother's the child.  If it is the child that wants it removed and I feel that I can get a very good cosmetic result, I would agree to remove the mole.  If the mole is not too close to the eye, a topical anesthesia may be applied about 1 hour before the procedure and it makes the entire process more easily tolerated for the patient.

 

With parental consent, and if the child is really motivated to have their mole removed, I will remove a mole for children of all ages as long as they are able to hold still for the procedure. Moles can often be removed in just a few minutes after a shot to numb the area and it can be done comfortably in the office, even when its near the eyebrow. We commonly biopsy moles in even much younger children when medically necessary.