Moles - Information on Moles

Moles Information

Moles is basically a skin disease typical to youth, but Moles may occur to the people at any age. The great majority of moles are harmless, but in rare cases, moles may become cancerous. Moles can be flat or raised. They are generally in round or oval and smaller than a pencil eraser in shape . Most people have between 10 and 40 of these flesh-colored, pink, tan, or brown areas on the skin. New moles can appear into mid-adulthood, and because moles last about 50 years, some moles may disappear as you age. Monitoring moles and other pigmented patches is an important step in the diagnosis of skin cancer, especially malignant melanoma. Although not all melanomas develop from pre-existing moles, many begin in or near a mole or other dark spot on the skin.

We have provided you here all symptoms, causes and treatment methods of Moles.

Causes of Moles

The cause of the Moles is unknown.

Treatment of Moles

Methods For Treating Moles are :

1) Generally mole are harmless and safe to ignore and does not require treatments

2) Wearing a sunscreen and limiting sun exposure may prevent some moles

3) Shave excision. In this method, your doctor numbs the area around a mole and then uses a small blade to shave off the mole close to your skin.

4) Punch biopsy. Your doctor may remove a mole with a small incision or punch biopsy technique, which uses a small cookie-cutter-like device.

5) Excisional surgery. mole and a surrounding margin of healthy skin are cut off surgically