HOW TO REMOVE AN UNWANTED MOLE | DERMATOLOGIST PERSPECTIVE

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Disclaimer: This video is not intended to provide diagnosis, treatment, or medical advice. Content provided in this video is for educational purposes only. Please consult with a physician regarding any health-related diagnosis or treatment.

[fesswah]

These Doctors need to address the #1 reason people choose to deal with / remove the mole themselves - the INSANE cost / salaries of these doctors and that many people simply cannot afford to pay for the procedure. If you are told it will cost $500 + to remove the mole that is a HUGE motivation to find a way to remove it yourself.

[acbc]

Person of the year on Time magazine: both doctors ! I rest my case ! Love, Claudia, Austin Texas

[meredithlinzay]

Thank you both for sound medical advice on an internet filled with scary bad advice..this video can save lives💛

[hottmasala]

Great to see you docs back, looking fresh and ready to go! Such an important topic. I have a beauty mark that I will have to get checked out eventually for my own piece of mind. Just when I start slacking off on my skincare routine and putting on sunscreen, your video pops up! Time to get back into go!!!

[DanaKot]

You encouraged me to check out mine, I wanted to remove it for a decade already but I wasn't ready to do it:)
Thanks for the info too !!

[sarahbailey]

Thank you so much for this PSA. I work as a nurse in dermatology and see this daily. The other common theme is a couple will send who they deem as worse off to be seen. And it is the one without the appointment that has the red herring.

[marygillespie]

I visited my dermatologist about another issue...she spotted a small mole on my upper arm which I thought was harmless. It was melanoma!
The doctors are right: it's important to biopsy anything removed so that, if cancerous, proper treatment can be planned.

[lorifrederick]

Thank you for this video. Moles/dysplastic nevi, etc should always get checked with a dermatologist. It can be examined, and a baseline measurement noted in the chart in case it will be checked again. Or have it removed with clear margins. That is my advice from a melanoma/BCC/SCC survivor.

[rain-wanders]

It would sure be nice if mole removal was something people could afford to do at a doctor's office. I have about 20 moles that I've wanted removed over the past 20 years, but I just couldn't afford it for aesthetic reasons, so now I'm trying one of these pens to do it on a budget.

[spingirl]

I had a tiny, slightly raised rough patch on my arm. I asked my dermatologist to remove it because I couldn't stop picking at it (yeah, I'm one of those people!) It turned out to be cancerous, and now I have an inch-and-a-half long scar where he took out enough tissue to make sure it was completely gone. It never crossed my mind that it was anything more than a random rough spot, and I'm so glad I asked him about it! I'm going back for a whole-body exam soon, just to see if there's anything else suspicious.

[rachellepincus]

The nerd meter was extremely high here. Love it. Great info per usual 💕💕

[mariatariq]

A friend just removed mole under his ete a few days back, thank you for this video, already shared.

[connie]

Watching Dr. Maxfield's face during that mole removal video made me laugh! Great information as always, thanks!

[NafisaSophia]

Peace Docs! Your skin is starting to look glassy Dr. Shah. You're getting there!

[mike]

Could you please also address removal of Seborrheic Keratosis which is known as age spots in one of your videos? Many thanks!

[minahilpervez]

Glad that I found your channel
Can U plz make a detailed video on sensitive skin.

[California_Nation_Laurent]

Oh, thank goodness. The world is uprighted again. Feel like it has been month in between vids. I was so happy to see a vid today. I know you both work very hard, so no grudges held. LOL Thanks the vid. :)

[rhondawolfe]

Do you find laser reduces scaring when you have facial moles? I have 5 facial moles that I have hated on my face for my entire adult life but never had them removed because afforability and fear of the scarring you mentioned because the moles are on my face. So do find laser removal helps reduce scarring? Thank you for your content the way you present it is educational and so so helpful.

[silviakhan]

I had a few teeny moles removed from my neck initially I thought I would have to see my dermatologist but my general doc. easily took care of them by freezing them. No scars whatsoever. You’ll feel a very slight sensation/minor pain as it gets sprayed but just about when you’re about to say ouch is over. I’ve had checked every freckle and mold on my body especially arm and neck/shoulders since I ran marathons and you don’t get to reapply spf once you start, also am very fair skinned. Luckily no problem. Did have an older friend who died from skin cancer a very nice guy he was. So sad he lasted a year I got to hug him when I saw him walking with a buddy of ours. That was my goodbye shortly after he had passed away. When I saw him in the beach with a buddy he wasn’t running he was walking instead. Friends insisted to pick him up from home as he didn’t want to see anyone. No chemo, nothing. He did look so frail. :(

[caityjayde]

To be honest, I'd rather have a scar from having a mole or skin tag removed so it can be biopsied than have a concerning mole that I do nothing about and then it turns out to be cancer (except for the mole on my face, because it's been there as long as I can remember and I can't imagine my face without it and my GP isn't too concerned about it). I've had a skin tag removed from my neck (it was too big to freeze of so it had to be cut out, and it was biopsied because it was so big) and a benign compound nevus removed from my back, and it's great that neither were skin cancer, but I'm grateful for the scars because it means that we can be sure that they weren't skin cancer. Even if the mole on my face does become concerning, I'd rather have a scar than something that could potentially end up killing me (as long as I don't have to be awake while it's being removed, because I'm too scared to have a scalpel touch my face while I'm awake). Scars can be annoying, and typically they're not aesthetically pleasing, but I think it's better to have a scar and either be sure that a mole isn't cancer, or confirm that it is and find out if it has spread and needs further treatment, than to leave the mole there or remove it non-surgically if there's a chance that it could be skin cancer.