Category Archive: Mole

Other Benign Skin Lesions and Cosmetic Treatments

What are the most common unwanted benign skin growth? Many people around the world are affected by different types of benign skin growths. Here at OC MedDerm, Dr. Shafa can help you with the following most common types… Cherry Angioma (Red Moles) Dermatofibroma Sebaceous Hyperplasia Seborrheic Keratosis and Acrochordon (Skin Tags) Papilosa nigricans Cherry Angioma …

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Atypical Moles with risk of cancer

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Find out what you need to know about suspicious moles, early skin cancer detection, mole biopsy and diagnosis Atypical Moles Skin Cancer Skin cancer is the most common of all cancers. It accounts for nearly half of all cases of cancer in the United States. More than one million cases of non-melanoma skin cancer are …

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General overview about moles

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What is a Mole? Moles, medically known as nevi, are skin lesions that we develop throughout our life. Although the look, size, shape, location and color of a mole can vary, most of the moles are round, a few millimeters in size, flat, slightly raised or hairy. They are usually skin color to dark brown. Almost …

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Typical moles and cosmetic mole removal

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These original untouched photos are actual patients of Dr. Shafa before and after cosmetic mole removal using the shaving technique Typical Moles: These are moles that are consistant in shape and color that are not cosmetically appealling or physically irritatating.  These moles can be removed if you desire.  Cosmetic mole removal, an elective procedure for beauty How are cosmetic moles removed? It all depends of …

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