Beauty and Style → How to remove the Birthmark?

Mole, as stray travelers escort people throughout their lives. Appearing as if from nowhere, they can serve as a natural decoration of their respective owners, stressing individuality, and can cause unpleasant emotions, especially when located in the most inappropriate places. These so-called «signs of destiny» concern today, and almost never leave indifferent.

Interesting that we are born, not having moles. But few years pass and they appear. The peak of active appearance is 5 to 6 years of age, and youthful years. First, birthmarks represent pigmented uniformly round or oval spot size down to about 5 mm with a smooth surface, the color of which can vary from light brown to black. Over time birthmarks not only increasing in size, but somehow are lifted above the surface of the skin with a kind of rounded nodule. Often on the surface of birthmarks short hairs can grow that may not be very aesthetic, but absolutely safe.

Remove or not remove

The vast majority of moles are benign entities, they are growing in proportion to the human body and does not bring any inconvenience. But sometimes they still feel like to get rid of. Quite a common cause for removal of birthmarks is the constant trauma of the various elements of clothing (trouser belt, bra strap, collar). Also, the reason for removal could be the location of birthmarks in a place not accessible examination, for example — in the scalp of the head or perineum. But most people get rid of their «signs of fate» for cosmetic reasons when the patient finds her birthmark aesthetically unbeautiful.

In modern medicine there are several methods by which you can remove a birthmark: the surgical use of laser, cryodestruction (burning liquid nitrogen), electrocaogulation (using the current high frequency). Everything depends on the location, size and individual characteristics of a mole. For example, birthmarks, towering above the surface of the skin, effectively removed by means of destructive methods: surgetrona (apparatus, which is based on the use of radio waves), or laser beams. Since in this case, removed the protruding part can be easily subjected to microscopic examination. If the mole is flat, it is preferable to carry out surgical excision, as in the destruction of such items can not be microanatomical control.

A birthmark is not just a decoration

Everyone has birthmarks with increased risk of transformation into malignant neoplasms. These doctors are called dysplastic nevus. In general, degeneration may be subject to any birthmarks, but dysplastic nevuses different larger sizes (average 6-12 mm), asymmetry, uneven color (two or more colors), as well as the rugged «star» contour. About 30 percents of dysplastic nevuses are «family», ie, can be transmitted by inheritance. Especially to be treated to a mole, emerged after 20 years of age. Dysplastic nevuses are subject to surgical removal of the mandatory histological study of the removed material, so as soon as possible after the study to draw final conclusions about their health risks.

It is important to know that any sudden changes in birthmarks can be alarming sign. It must be said about one of the most dangerous diseases of the skin — melanoma. Melanoma is the malignant tumor of melanocytes, arising most often between the ages of 30-60 years. Statistically, women suffer from this disease in 2 times more often than men. Approximately 30% of melanomas develop in the reborn moles, and the remaining 70% — in unmodified skin. In the early stages of melanoma may resemble dysplastic nevus. In the future, it becomes kind of asymmetric plaque or nodule of dark brown or black and may bleed at the slightest injury. The most difficult to diagnose are unpigment variants of melanoma that can mimic a variety of skin tumors.

What factors influence the occurrence of this disease? The most important, which most often neglected — ultraviolet radiation. Abuse of UV may trigger the emergence of melanomas, therefore, all doctors urge to limit the stay in the sun.