Eliminating skin imperfections that could endanger one's health is possible through several types of treatment: by means of homemade cures, by surgery or laser therapy. The surgical mole remove involves excision; a procedure that consists in the cutting of a mole and possibly the area surrounding it, so that there is no chance of the skin tag to regrow. Depending on how deep the mole goes, the cutting will be more serious or only superficial. Doctors cannot usually tell how much tissue they will have to cut, because most of the medical tests detect the size of the nevi, but not their depth. In case stitches will be used, the risk of scarring is a bit higher.
If the surgical mole remove is superficial, no stitches are used, and the doctor will cauterize the wound in order to stop the bleeding and speed up the healing. In this group of interventions, we have to refer to the one known as shaving, which simply removes the mole from the surface of the skin. The procedure is very simple and little traumatic for the tissues, but it has the disadvantage that it may leave mole cells behind that could cause a regrowth. Therefore, the doctor has to weigh the pros and cons of shaving the moles or turn to some other form of procedure.
Laser treatments for mole remove purposes represent a modern less invasive alternative to surgery. The use of the light beam is ideal for flat small moles, but less recommendable for larger raised ones. The light cannot get through the tissues and destroy the mole root especially if it is very large. Thus, your dermatologist could either advise the use of several treatment sessions, or recommend another form of treatment, like surgery for instance. Therefore, in some specialists' opinion, the efficiency of laser therapy is not completely proved.
Finally, in case you decide to go for a natural way of mole remove, there are several remedies available in the household. Castor oil, fig stems extract, honey, vinegar, cauliflower or pineapple juice represent cures that have been part of traditional home medicine for hundreds of years. However, the long usage history doesn't necessarily guarantee for the safety of the cures, particularly if the risks refer to cancer development. In malignant moles, herbal remedies can trigger a very serious reaction that will not prove positive at all. Consequently, the safest option one's got for mole remove treatments is the medical one.
