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I would not recommend that you use hydrogen peroxide to try to remove a mole. Please see a board certified dermatologist or a facial plastic surgeon for an evaluation and possible treatment of your moles.
I have had patients remove moles with various toxic substances, only to present at later stages with advanced skin cancer or even metastatic melanoma. Please see a dermatologist or plastic surgeon for a diagnosis, then discuss with them appropriate treatment options.
This is not an option that, in my opinion, should be offered to any one with the present popular scientific knowledge that we have at this moment. This will first of all, not get rid of your mole. Hydrogen peroxide could actually promote mutations that can lead to melanoma with the oxygen radical in h2o2. The best way to remove a mole is through laser excision or surgical excision.
OMG please stop. This is a horrible, horrible, horrible idea. I have had a patient tell me they tried apple cider vinegar for a few months to remove a mole, and it "came back" so she came in. It was cancerous. Do not EVER try to remove moles yourself, at home. Would you try to perform a liver biopsy yourself? No. So get into a dermatologist and have the site checked and maybe even biopsied and sent into a lab if needed. You should NOT be doing this at home, ever.
I would treat this like a resurfacing wound and clean every 2-3 hours and always have vaseline over it. This yellow crusting needs to come off.
Mole removal begins with a comprehensive examination and consultation to determine the likelihood of a mole being worrisome. Excisional and incisional biopsies are reserved for suspicious moles. But it’s good news that most moles are not problematic and are only cosmetic, thus leading to the o...
Most of the time when you remove the mole it will have to entail taking away the hair roots too. The moles and the cells that form them are usually deep, deep enough that you will require removing the hair roots as well. Excision and laser removal are the best options.