Going about mole removal the safe way is a decision you won't regret. It's extremely important to have your mole examined by a professional rather than trying to remove it yourself, even if you just want it removed for cosmetic reasons. When you see a physician, he or she will be able to tell whether the mole is potentially cancerous. If it is, professional removal is the only safe method, since other methods won't adequately deal with the cancer cells.  If you don't have a dermatologist, ask your primary care physician to refer you to one. If you don't have health insurance, see if there's a health clinic in your area that provides mole removal services or referrals. Keep in mind that some doctors have the ability to remove moles in their office. At your appointment, the doctor will examine your mole's shape, borders, size, color, and surface texture, to see whether it appears to be cancerous. If the mole exhibits common symptoms of melanoma or another type of skin cancer, the doctor will order a biopsy to test whether cancer cells are present. If it doesn't, the doctor will be able to go ahead and remove the mole. The sample will often be sent for analysis even if the mole does not appear to be cancerous.  To perform a biopsy, a sample from the mole will be taken using either a shave or punch biopsy. This sample will then be sent to a lab and tested. If it comes back positive, further treatment will be needed. If it's negative, you can choose to keep the mole or have it removed. Surgical shaving is a procedure in which the mole is shaved off the surface of the skin. Local anesthesia is administered near the mole, so you won't feel pain during the process (aside from a needle prick). No stitches are required to heal a surgical shave. The process may leave a small scar behind.  In some cases the area is also cauterized using a tool that burns away layers of skin to reduce the chances that the mole will grow back. This option may be available for moles that are noncancerous and relatively small. Moles that cover a larger surface area are too big to be shaved off and cauterized. If the mole is cancerous, or if it's large and covers a big surface area, it will probably need to be removed using surgical excision. After administering local anesthesia, the dermatologist will make a deeper cut to remove the mole and surrounding tissues, preventing it from growing back. The wound is then closed using sutures designed to leave minimal scarring.  While it may sound like a big deal, surgical excision is actually a quick, out-patient medical procedure. Removing the mole will likely take between 20 to 30 minutes, depending on the size of the mole. Since only local anesthesia is administered, you'll be fine to drive home and go about your day as normal. Be sure to care for the wound as directed. You may have to return to the doctor's office to get the sutures removed. Keep in mind that the incision for this procedure is very small. If there is hair growth, then the doctor will cut out the root of the hair. Cryotherapy is a common treatment for moles as well. This procedure freezes off the mole using liquid nitrogen on a cotton applicator. It is a common treatment with few adverse effects that are usually short-lived.  Your primary care doctor or a dermatologist can perform cryotherapy as an in-office procedure. Some offices even have nurses who are trained to perform cryotherapy. Keep in mind that with cryotherapy, there will be no tissue to send to the lab for testing because it will have been frozen off. Some doctors and dermatologists also perform laser mole removal, which is the process of removing a mole with a laser. Ask your doctor or dermatologist if this might be a good option for your situation. Another option that you might discuss with your doctor is electrosurgery. This type of mole removal can help to control any bleeding that may occur, which may reduce the risk of complications, promote rapid healing, and result in minimal scarring.
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