It’s quite simple, painless and quick. They use a local anethesia which totally numbs the mole and the area immediately surrounding it. Your doctor will touch you and ask you if you can feel anything in the area before he starts. It’s a little unusual in that you can kind of hear the squish sound of the tool he is using to remove the mole. If you are concerned about that, you could call the doctor ahead of time and ask if he could prescribe you a one time only medication to calm your nerves, if you feel particularly nervous. I’m usually pretty squeamish, but having a mole removed (a big one from the middle of my forehead) was no big deal. I wasn’t nervous at all. Ask questions when you need to, during the procedure.
The worst part was afterwards when I took the bandage off the wound. It looked like a gunshot wound! At first, I kind of regretted my decision to have it removed because it looked horrific, but the doctor assured me that once it healed completely, and I used a topical medication to prevent bad scarring, that I would barely notice it.
I would say it took about 5 weeks for the wound to get to the point that I could start using the topical medication (you can’t use that until the wound has completely healed over). During this time, I simply put a small bandage over the wound and I stopped looking at/obssessing over it. I was very up front with people about why I had the bandage on my face, that way I was coming to terms with it and didn’t have to try to make up excuses.
After it healed over completely, I used one of the scar reducing medications, that came in a patch form for about 2 months after that. Now I only have a flat spot on my forehead, that is about one shade lighter than my skin color, barely noticeable at all. It’s about the size of a pencil eraser, but totally flat. Ask your doctor of your pharmacist about the patches, I can’t recall which product I used, but it may have been Mederma or Scar Away. You just cut a little piece of the patch, which is slightly sticky on the side that you adhere to the scar and change it everyday for about 2 months. Try not to get discouraged while the wound is healing, because it will look awful for quite awhile. Then give the patches about 2 months to really make a difference, but I think you’ll be pleased with the result.
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