I've had 3 on my back removed. It's painless and fast. But afterwards it's painful. When the freezing wears off. They freeze it. I recomment to pop some tylenol or advil afterwards so it's less painful. But its very bareable. Sleeping can be a little tricky. Don't do front and back at the same time. Make sure you have a side to sleep on.

I recently had 4 really large moles removed from my back and I am so glad I did it. I went for my first visit and had 2 removed from my lower back and about 4 months later had another two removed from my upper back. It really wasn't that bad...And I am deathly afraid of hospitals...Needles....All of it! The only crappy part was the needles he used for the anesthetic, it stung for about 3 seconds and after that it was just fine...You can't feel a thing! Afterwards wasn't that bad either (i barely felt any pain afterwards but I did take tylenol just in case)...You just have to keep them clean and go back to get the stitches removed which is also nothing painful at all. Good luck!!

About a month ago a small, dark brown mole suddenly appeared on the inner surface of my right forearm. (i have very few moles, and no moles of that color anywhere on my body, so was not happy about it. ) yesterday I froze the area with an ice cube and removed the mole along with a full-thickness, elliptical section of skin, going with the grain of the skin to minimize scarring. I used a new razor blade. There was no pain whatsoever, minimal bleeding & no swelling. I pulled the edges together as tight as I could with a bandaid...A staple or one or two stitches would have been an improvement, but I couldn't do that one-handed.

Now the mole is preserved in alcohol...And my problem is, where is a lab that will look at my mole? After all, it might be melanoma. *sigh* been looking for something in my area on line for the past hour.

Hi,
erm, a couple of things really... I have a mole on my face, it is about 1cm away from my mouth, and it is dark in color, sprouts hairs and i've had it since I was born, I have just turned 17, and I really despise it, after years of bullying etc, its really a blow to my self esteem. Also, I have been shaving for about 8 months, (i'm a guy btw,lol) and my mole is always getting in the way, I have just about had it now, no matter how hard I try not to, I always somehow manage to catch it and cut it, it bleeds for about 7-8 minutes usually, I rinse it with luke-warm water and compress it. I'm really worried about it becoming nfected or cancerous, if not because of shaving, in later life, so recently, i've been putting some heavy thought into getting it removed, I have been looking at information about procedures, and all say that I will have a scar, will it be bad? Does the fact that I have it so close to my mouth mean that the scar will be worse? From what I have read also, the procedure will invole stitches because of the deepness of teh mole, and that it wont be covered by the nhs, do I have to go private? Will it cost me much? Can it be cancerous without me knowing it? My family has moles, my grandad being black, I am quarter cast can this attribute? But my family has had no problems with their moles, could this "luck" run out for me? I also have a mole on my belly-button, one faint one on the side of my foot, and one at the very top of my waist, and other very small, underskin ones too...
Well, thank you for reading my rather long first post, for which I apologise! And I hope that someone can offer insight into this, again, thank you, best regards, lukas.

Chances are if you have had it all your life then it's probably nothing to worry about. I don't know how big it is... But if it's not that big then they don't have to go deep and you probably wouldn't have to have stiches. I've had 3 removed to check for cancer (they all came back negative thankfully) and none required stiches. It will leave a small scar, but nothing that will stick out (at least not after a few weeks of healing anyway). You will definitely not be able to shave the area for a week or two while it heals. If you are concerned about it.. Start with a consultation with a dermatologist. They will be able to tell you more of how they will remove it.

I have some small flat moles on my arm. They seem totally benign. However, I would like to remove them for cosmetic reasons, as well as preventing them possibly turning cancerous in the future.

Can I freeze the mole myself? I recently removed a couple of warts using a successful product called wartner. Could I use this on the moles safely?

Mole removal seems very expensive £100 per mole private. Is there anywhere I can go cheaper, perhaps on the nhs in the uk?

Thanks,

lee.

Hi im a new user and I have around 6 or 7 small flat moles on my face. It bugs me because im very self conscious about it and hurts my self esteem. I've seen some laser treatments that can remove moles and many other ways. I was wondering if anyone had their mole removed for cosmetic and not health reasons. I would really like to have my moles removed on my face without scarring. Appreciate it.

Hi ! I thought i'd reply to this topic as I am quite the expert on moles as I had one removed 3 days ago ! If any of you are worried that you may have a mole that looks abnormal you should get it checked out. Check for darkness and roughness on the moles - raised ones especially. The one I had removed 3 days ago was on my left arm, it had a very rough surface and was slightly dark.

Although the doctor said this didn't look cancerous he reffered me to a special surgery. Once again, I was told it didn't seem cancerous but I should have it removed anyway to avoid any risk. (great ! I hated the mole anyway so why not get it removed for free, haha!)

i went to the surgery, lay down on a comfy table - and stretched my arm out on an arm rest. I was then told I was about to be injected to numb my arm - this stung slightly. I hate needles, but I can assure you it is nowhere near as bad as you might think. Once this is complete you lay still for a minute or two untill you become numb. The surgeon then checks if your numb by jabbing your arm with a sharp instrument - once you confirm you can't feel much he will continue.

The surgeon now cuts an elipse shape around your mole which you can only slightly feel - it feels like someone gently hovering a compass over your skin, not painful at all. Once this is complete, they have to sew you back up !

Having the stitches in is nothing to worry about - I wont lie, you might get a few small pains when they first pull the stitching, but it's nothing to worry about - just like someone pinching you, nothing at all !

Once you're stitched, they apply a water proof dressing and send you on your way ! I should also mention that removing this dressing plaster from my arm (i'm male so i've got hairs! :p) hurt far more than the operation it'self haha (no joke!!).

About 10 days afterwards you return to your local surgery to have the stitches taken out - I can't comment on this as my stitches are still in. I suppose if anyone is really interested I could take a digital photo of my arm so you can see how it will look. Let me know if anyone wishes me to do this.

To anyone worrying about a mole - get it checked out ! It's nothing to worry about. Look on the bright side, you get a great scar to show off with. I have had a mole removed when I was younger too, on the side of my chest - the scar looks like a bug. I had it removed in 2000 so I named it the millenium bug. :)

good luck, stay safe.

Hi,
i'm 13 and i've had loads of moles all my life! They are big and raised. To make things even worse, they're on my face and neck! I've been getting bullied and humiliated because of them for ages! Then a week ago I said to my self them! So I went to suerdrug and bought a product called wartner. It's meant for warts, but I was so desperate tot get rid of them! I followed the instructions and hoped for the best. It's been about 6 days now and their is only a tiny change! I swear, if they don't go in 5 more days then i'm gonna cut them of with a knife! Does anyone know any way that I can remove them at home?

Kerry

Don't cut them off with a knife ! That is an extremely bad idea. Would you rather have moles on your face or horrible scars ?

If you are really concerned about it, and the bullying is bad, you should talk to your parents about it and discuss the possibility of them taking you to a surgeon to get them removed. Just tell your parents exactly how you feel and how badly you want them to be removed, also mention the fact your even considering cutting them off with a knife, it may startle them and kick start them into doing something about it.

Good luck, hope you sort it out.

Laser mole removal no stiches no scars no marks left only £900

Hello there, sorry to bring up a very old thread but I was doing a search on google and found this site. I have two moles on both my cheaks and they are not big but I dont like them there. I sometimes get called names at school(im 14,m,uk) I dont like the thought of the kneedles and the cutting but I found out about laser mole removal. Can I get this free from the nhs or something? Thankyou

Yea I found this site in the exact same way ;) I am not from the uk but if your insurance type thing is anything like it is here it probably will not cover surgerys that are performed for cosmetic reasons :? I too have facial moles(one on my cheek which is flat and the least of my worries, another under my right eye which is flat and blue which id liek to get rid of because of the way it looks and the risk of cancer, and a large raised one on my chin) and even though I have them on most parts of my body the ones on my face are the only ones that are a real bother to me and have slowly cause me to become more and more shy and self concious over the years so I understand your situation. Would anyone be able to help me understand the process when you are removing a raised mole on the face? Thanks I really appreciate it.

Hi i've just been reading your posts and I was wondering if anyone could help me...

I'm 20 yrs old and for as long as I can remember i've hated the right side of my face, I have very low self-esteem because of this and I always have my hair hanging over that side of my face. The right side of my face has 1 large raised hairy mole and 3 smaller flat moles I finally admitted to myself that this is the reason why I hate my face, so I would like to get them removed. The only problem is i'm too embarrassed to go to my doctor and ask him about mole removal. Does anyone know of any private clinics around the doncaster area where I could get them removed ?

It was really really hard to write this

please someone reply

thankyou

Hi i've just been reading your posts and I was wondering if anyone could help me...

I'm 20 yrs old and for as long as I can remember i've hated the right side of my face, I have very low self-esteem because of this and I always have my hair hanging over that side of my face. The right side of my face has 1 large raised hairy mole and 3 smaller flat moles I finally admitted to myself that this is the reason why I hate my face, so I would like to get them removed. The only problem is i'm too embarrassed to go to my doctor and ask him about mole removal. Does anyone know of any private clinics around the doncaster area where I could get them removed ?

It was really really hard to write this

please someone reply

thankyou

Hi i'm 18. You hate the right side of your face and I hate the left. Weird huh? I know exactly how you feel just thinking about a doctor made me feel embarrased and time flew and the years came and I was still with the same ugly mole. Trust me I was the same. Until one day I said to myself that I didn't give a medical question of what a doctor thought so I went to see a doc and to my surprise he started telling me stories of all the people that came with moles problems, in other words he was trying to tell me that what I had wasnt that big of a deal to him. The doctor used liquid nitrogen and a lot of the pigment was removed. Liquid nitrogen does not harm the sorrounding skin "no scar" as many doctors tell you so don't believe everything you hear out there. Today I just came from a dermatologist to see if she had laser but she did not so I will keep on looking for a laser treatment to remove the last pigmentation that I have. Please don't waist time because your mole can go deeper and the laser will not penetrate deep enough so right now while you young like me, please go outthere and get treated. :d please keep in touch with me becuase ur the first person that I found that has the same problem as me.

Is it possible to have a mole that's actually inside the skin of your eye removed? I'm feeling kind of depressed because I don't know anyone else that has a mole in their eye.

This is something I wrote to another forum in january, decided to just copy and paste it to inform others

For all my life i had a small mole on my nose. Nobody ever said anything and not to be conceited but im a pretty girl. But as i live in florida, im exposed to a lot of sun which over time darkened my mole rather quickly. I then decided to look up mole removal...i have seen such things as using garlic and a needle to remove a mole...i thought that was just obsurd! So i decided to just take a chance and get it surgically removed. I heard many rumors and read many forums about people saying the scar is horrible and dont do it. But i thought to myself...i can cover a scar with makeup...i cant do that to a big black mole. So just a month and half ago exactly i got the mole on my nose surgically removed. I LOVE THE OUTCOME!!! I am no longer wondering if the person talking to me is looking at my mole. It costed $300 and i actually went to a cosmetic surgeon...i heard thats the way to do it. I dont know if i just got lucky or what but the scar is very very very minimal...i dont even notice it after a month and a half! I got 3-4 stitches- he says he used the thinnest thread- mayb that helped. either way, i wish i woulda done it sooner...im 21 years old and a lot more confident. if you have any ?'s about the procedure that didnt hurt at all, please email me at [removed] with the subject line saying "mole question"! I have pictures of my before and after...! ps. i went to work the next day...at a nightclub...no one even noticed the stitches...good luck
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