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  2. Beauty mark - Wikipedia

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    Fashion prints from the late seventeenth century show women with an increasing number of beauty marks in a variety of sizes and shapes, placed on the cheeks, chins, and forehead. Besides their decorative value, the patches could hide smallpox scars or syphilis sores, as well as acne. [ 5 ]

  3. Melanocytic nevus - Wikipedia

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    Moles tend to go deeper into the skin than non-invasive lasers can penetrate. After a laser treatment, a scab is formed, which falls off about 7 days later, in contrast to surgery, where the wound has to be sutured. A second concern about the laser treatment is that if the lesion is a melanoma, and was misdiagnosed as a benign mole, the ...

  4. Aesthetic medicine - Wikipedia

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    Aesthetic medicine is a branch of modern medicine that focuses on altering natural or acquired unwanted appearance through the treatment of conditions including scars, skin laxity, wrinkles, moles, liver spots, excess fat, cellulite, unwanted hair, skin discoloration, spider veins [1] and or any unwanted externally visible appearance.

  5. Is that mole melanoma? How to tell if a mole is cancerous or not

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    A lot of skin moles or if you have larger moles that are an abnormal shape or color. A parent, sibling or child with a history of melanoma. McMichael explained that some people have a genetic ...

  6. Skin moles that grow hair may offer a treatment for baldness ...

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    A new study suggests that hairy skin moles contain molecules that promote hair growth, and may therefore offer a possible avenue to treat hair loss. Skin moles that grow hair may offer a treatment ...

  7. Dysplastic nevus syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Monthly self-performed skin examinations and early referral to a dermatologist for monitoring are recommended interventions. Treatment approaches such as removal of the largest dysplastic nevus or all of the dysplastic nevi have not been shown to appreciably reduce the risk of developing melanoma and are not cost-effective; therefore, these ...

  8. Woman diagnosed with melanoma at 28 has 100 suspicious moles ...

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    Melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, can grow quickly and spread to any organ if not found and treated early, the Cleveland Clinic warns.More than 100,000 new cases of melanoma will be ...

  9. Dermatographic urticaria - Wikipedia

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    Dermatographic urticaria is sometimes called "skin writing", as it is possible to mark deliberate patterns onto the skin. The condition manifests as an allergic-like reaction, causing a warm red wheal to appear on the skin. As it is often the result of scratches, involving contact with other materials, it can be confused with an allergic ...