face problems

LegacyUser

iv a mole on my face
i hate it
it grows hair quite quick [which i hate]

i went to the hospital with it
the doctor told me he could remove it but i could end up with a big scar on my face
so i backed out of it

but i really hate the mole
how can i get rid of it ????

Nevyn

Go get a second opinion and ask about treatment of the scarring caused by the remove of the mole.

LegacyUser

is there no natural way in getting rid of it

there must be a way

Nevyn

The only way is to have it removed medically.
Go talk to your gp and go see a specialist.

fletch

At least you shave the hair off it...I can never understand why people with moles don't remove the hair....??

Nevyn

because if there is hair there then there is a good blood flow and you don't go mucking about with a mole and possibly cutting it and aggravating it.

fletch

Thaedydal wrote:

because if there is hair there then there is a good blood flow and you don't go mucking about with a mole and possibly cutting it and aggravating it.

Even a little trim with a small scissors would make it that bit more asthetically pleasing.

Texas

dam0 wrote:

iv a mole on my face
i hate it
it grows hair quite quick [which i hate]

i went to the hospital with it
the doctor told me he could remove it but i could end up with a big scar on my face
so i backed out of it

but i really hate the mole
how can i get rid of it ????

I've a friend who had a large mole removed from her face... the only time it's noticable at all is in the summer, when she gets a tan the place where the mole was stays white.

DonkeyStyle \o/

Well I'm not medically trained and this isn't medical advice, but I've made this decision before and have some insight as a patient.

dam0 wrote:

the doctor told me he could remove it but i could end up with a big scar on my face
so i backed out of it

Uhh, he said he could remove it?!
I wouldn't let just any old doctor take a blade to my face, if you're getting this done, have it done by a surgeon / plastic surgeon / specialist... this isn't like butchering some random growth off someones back.
If you get it done by someone who really knows what they're doing, the scar will be a very thin white line... no scab or anything.
If you were scared out of going through with it, maybe you were just talking to the wrong person... get a second oppinion.

But again, talk to different medical professionals... find out who'll be doing the surgury and in what circumstances.
Apparently the guy that did mine was a plastic surgeon, it was done in an operating theatre with gowns and the whole works... very professional setup.
I doubt this'd happen, but if you find yourself sitting on the edge of a trolley with someone in a white coat going "ok, just hold really still now" run a mile

Think about it this way though - it's a straight choice.. scar or mole... which would you prefer?
If you hate the mole enough to get it surgically removed, then a little scar is a better replacement.
I never regretted it once.
Mih, I suppose it depends on exactly how much you hate it.

jimmycrackcorm

Chicks dig scars!

irlrobins

my gf had a mole removed from her back last year. It was sizable enough but the scar is minimal and as someone else said you only notice it when she tans and it stays white.

What she found useful was to run vitamin e oil onto the scar everyday. This speeded up the healing process and reduced the size of the scar.

I'd recommend talking to a specialist and they'd be able to discuss it further with you. Perhaps they'd be able to show you before and after pics of previous ops they did. Best of luck!

Ickle Magoo

Go to your GP & ask to be referred to a facial plastic surgeon or equivalent specialist & tell them of any fears you have re scarring.....ultimately you may have to decide if you prefer the mole to a scar, as any surgery will leave a small scar......if you really hate the mole, you may prefer a scar which could put down to chicken pox, or the result of an accident - where as a mole will always be a mole.....best of luck:)

Oriel

<edit> Nevermind, misread a post.</edit>

LegacyUser

DonkeyStyle \o/ wrote:

Well I'm not medically trained and this isn't medical advice, but I've made this decision before and have some insight as a patient.



But again, talk to different medical professionals... find out who'll be doing the surgury and in what circumstances.
Apparently the guy that did mine was a plastic surgeon, it was done in an operating theatre with gowns and the whole works... very professional setup.
I doubt this'd happen, but if you find yourself sitting on the edge of a trolley with someone in a white coat going "ok, just hold really still now" run a mile

who did your surgery donkey if you mind me asking
i rather a scar
is your scar quite small

tirl

How big is the mole? my son is 14 and last week got 3 removed by our GP in his surgery, no local or anything which didn't impress him, but it took all of 2 mins and although a little bleeding we were told that they wouldn't scar and they have started clearing up already

alfa147

i got a big one removed from my back last summer.. it left a raised scar and i dunno if i kinda regret it. the scar doesnt look very nice at all. maybe later in life ill get some cosmetic surgery done on it.

Miss Fluff

Hey, a mate of mine got his removed here and they did a fabulous job

www.lasercentre.ie

the Guru

are you male or female ????

If male just shave it , an ex of mine who was quite vain get hers cut out and it left a Hugh scar , but they advise that in time the scar calms down, I myself have 3 moles that I shave and I would never consider removing them unless they became cancerous

ravenhead

You need to really think about this & go to a good doctor, I had a TINY(like smaller than the nail on your baby finger) size growth removed last year from my leg & it wasn't until he cut into my leg that he know how big it actually was. It ended up that it had terrible long roots & he had to make a 2 inch cut to get it out. I know that what you have is a mole but doctors really don't know completely what they are dealing with until they open it up... Just make sure you talk everything through before doing anything

Talliesin

fletch wrote:

Even a little trim with a small scissors would make it that bit more asthetically pleasing.

It's commonly held that doing so makes a mole more likely to turn cancerous, though there is apparantly no evidence that this is true.

LegacyUser

im male

iv gotten a medical card

so will this help me get free treatment on my mole?

DonkeyStyle \o/

dam0 wrote:

who did your surgery donkey if you mind me asking

I can't remember his name, it was back in '98 and I didn't hunt him down myself... I just went to my GP, explained my situation and he said he knew a good plastic surgeon in the Mater hospital... I was given a letter of referal and had to wait a few months for the appointment.

dam0 wrote:

i rather a scar
is your scar quite small

At first it was just a thin white line about 1cm long (which is slightly longer than the diameter of the mole was)... now years later it's just a slight blemish... I don't even notice it anymore... it doesn't show up in photos or anything... and it's not something I'd see every time I look in the mirror.
Let's just say it doesn't draw the eyes attention like a mole... it's not the first thing people notice about me

I was told to keep it out of strong sunlight, (ie. no sunbathing) for about 18 months until it's properly healed... so there's some after-care you've got to keep in mind aswell.

Ickle Magoo wrote:

Go to your GP & ask to be referred to a facial plastic surgeon or equivalent specialist & tell them of any fears you have re scarring.....ultimately you may have to decide if you prefer the mole to a scar, as any surgery will leave a small scar......if you really hate the mole, you may prefer a scar which could put down to chicken pox, or the result of an accident - where as a mole will always be a mole.....best of luck:)

^ Spot on IMO. (no pun intended)
Be straight up about it... if you want rid of it for cosmetic reasons and you want good results, then say so... make that a part of your criteria when talking to your doc.

I don't think you're going to get a clear idea of what the end result will look like from reading this thread... your mole might be bigger/deeper/etc, I'd have a talk to the surgeon about it, after inspecting it, he'd be able to give you a far better ballpark estimate than any of us ever could.

ravenhead wrote:

I know that what you have is a mole but doctors really don't know completely what they are dealing with until they open it up...

I don't know about that tbh, the surgeon I went to seemed pretty damn sure... sure enough to draw on the cut-line he was planning to make with a felt-pen beforehand.
I dunno, maybe sometimes they can tell visually from the outside... maybe there are different classifications of moles.

Anyway this is all anecdotal conjecture and your mileage may vairy... so get talking to the pros and get the answers specific to you.

Supercell

Talliesin wrote:

It's commonly held that doing so makes a mole more likely to turn cancerous, though there is apparantly no evidence that this is true.

Hair is dead cells..there is no way cutting it affects the mole unless its at root leval and involves tugging on the follicles..trimming by nature cannot have any effect.

panda100

Hey this is quite intresting cos I had a mole on my face that I hated for years and everyone said it was really nice etc but eventually i got it removed when I was 16.Im delighted I got it removed-i always used to hide it with my hair and know I dont need to do that anymore.Mine was just beside my eye on the side of my face and there is a scar there but to be honest I hated my mole so much that anything even a massive scar would have been better than it.Anywho,only if you look really closely you can see it.I suppose im lucky that Im a girl so can cover it up with loads of concelear but really you cant see it anyway.
I went to a plastic surgeon on Harley street cos I was living in London at the time and we were in Bupa.You dont have to go under general anasthetic or anything.Its just a bit of local anasthetic around the mole and then you cover it up for a week and then the stitches are removed.It took about 2 months for the scar to comletlely heal and settle down.You take special tablets before the operation to reduce scarring,dont worry your surgeon will tell you about them.Also my surgeon recommended silica gel pads.They totally reduce scaring.You wear tham at night time over the scar and they sooth the scarring.There a bit pricey but well worth it.
I was lucky that my mole test results came back benign but For a mole on your face ecspecially if its large it really is better to get it removed cos its in a more riskier place and what with skin cancer so rampant.This isnt to scare you but there is health benefits to getting it done too!
Go get it removed-best thing I ever did and you;ll only get a minute scar which most people wont even see!

LegacyUser

i had one on my face and i got it removed and the results were great. I'd advise you to go private though. I was really worried what the results would be but i'm much happier that i went along with it.

LegacyUser

As mentioned before check out the Lasercentre. I had about 20 - 30 (some very big!) moles removed took 10 treatments which gradually faded away the moles completely and left no scars. There are also covered by VHI and Bupa.