In recent years, laser technology has been increasingly used in medicine to solve many diseases and deficiencies that previously required surgical treatment, such as discoloration, tattoo and superficial capillary hemangioma. However, professional doctors are mostly cautious about laser mole removal. In medicine, moles are considered as a kind of body surface tumor and are pathologically divided into 3 types: intradermal nevus, junctional nevus and mixed nevus, whichever type is safe for complete surgical removal.
Disadvantages of laser mole removal
1.The depth is not deep enough, the removal is not complete and it is easy to recur, and the activity of recurring moles is increased and the chance of malignant change will be higher.
2.If you want to remove it completely, laser cauterization must reach a certain depth, and beyond a certain depth, a scar will be left behind, and the laser treated scar is a round scar. After surgical excision, the scar will be sewn into a line, and if it follows the skin texture and is finely sewn, it will be basically invisible after healing.
3.After laser mole removal, pathological examination cannot be done. Malignant tumors cannot be detected in time.
How to get rid of moles scientifically
Basic principles.
1.For benign pigmented moles, it is best not to dot them if you can.
2.For moles that can be surgically removed, it is better not to remove moles by laser.
3.It is better not to remove moles more than once.
The real reason why a mole evolves into a malignant melanoma is still unclear, and trauma or various external stimuli (such as chronic friction) are often regarded as the causative factors.
However, if the following five kinds of “sudden changes” are found, they should be taken seriously and early medical attention should be sought.
1, sudden increase in size.
2. darkening of color.
3, surface erosion, ulceration, bleeding or swelling.
4.Self-perceived pain or itching.
5. The appearance of satellite lesions around it, etc.
What kind of moles need attention and early removal? Generally speaking, pigmented moles that grow on the palms of the hands, soles of the feet, genitals, under the nails, fingers, toes and mucous membranes should be treated with extra caution.
From external features alone, pigmented moles with a diameter of 5 mm or more, varying shades of color distribution, very irregular shape and uneven surface must be treated with caution.
In order to avoid turning into malignant melanoma, the following kinds of moles should be got rid of early.
1. Moles on mucous membranes: such as moles on the oral mucosa, conjunctiva, vagina, and the part of the foreskin that turns out.
2. Moles stimulated by long-term friction: such as moles growing in the bra and waist of pants.
3.Moles on the limbs: Because moles in this area have a higher chance of becoming malignant melanoma than those in other places.
Although most of us have moles on our body, the probability of cancer is very small, so we don’t need to be overly panic, and moles that don’t grow on friction parts instead can’t be removed easily, and sometimes if they are not removed cleanly, they will grow again and stimulate the malignant change of moles instead. It is not uncommon for some young people to die as a result of blindly removing moles. If you go to an unqualified beauty salon and use laser, freezing or potion to get rid of them, they are often not complete but stimulate the malignant proliferation of melanocytes, and the chance of malignant change will be tens of times higher than the original one. It is better to go to regular medical institutions for mole spotting.
Warm tip: If a mole is not frequently stimulated, there is not much chance of malignant change. For those who cannot identify whether it is a pigmentation or a mole, it is recommended to go to the surgery or dermatology department of a regular hospital and ask the doctor to take a look at it, if it is a pigmentation, it can be treated with laser. If it is a mole, the doctor may suggest you to remove it surgically. There is no need to worry about scars, modern plastic surgery techniques can make scars almost invisible.