Removal of moles, cysts and skin lumps

Moles Removal

Although benign moles do not need to be excised, they are removed from the skin either for practical reasons (for example when a mole is in such an area of the body that it is injured by a bra, belt, underwear or glasses) or for aesthetic reasons.

Moles that are suspicious due to morphology, or due to possible changes in color, shape, size after dermoscopy, are surgically removed with elliptical excision. If they are very small, they are excised by punch biopsy. When elision is excised surgically, it leaves a small scar depending on the depth of the mole, its size, the method of excision as well as the healing capacity of each person. The stitches are removed in 7-10 days.

We recommend that if the removal is not urgent, it should be performed the months without sun exposure for a better aesthetic result.

LASER excision is an option only when the results of dermoscopy and the clinical assessment show that the mole that is going to be removed is benign.

Cysts Removal

A sebaceous cyst appears as a small, palpable bump under the skin that contains sebum. Sometimes, we see the pore as a small (usually black) hole on the skin’s area. The appearance of the sebaceous cyst is not only possible during adolescence, but at any age and in any part of the body. The most common areas on the body where cysts are usually found include: the scalp, the neck and the upper and lower extremities. Many people have more than one cyst.

Sometimes, the sebaceous cysts become inflamed, swollen and painful, while antibiotic pills are often required for the treatment of inflammation. The cyst after the inflammation subsides, it can be palpated as a small ‘bag’ containing sebum and can only be surgically removed.

We recommend excising the cysts, especially if they are large, because they may become infected, resulting in the formation of an abscess. The removal of the sebaceous cyst should be complete (under local anesthesia) with the intact/whole capsule to be excite. Otherwise, the cyst may recur (relapse) in the future. Simply puncturing or pressing the cyst to get the sebum out is incorrect, because in this way the cyst will reappear in the future since the capsule (cyst wall) remains in the body. While, there is also the possibility of microbes entering into the cyst, with subsequent infection and abscess formation.

Skin Lumps Removal

With the term ‘lumps’, we describe the small skin bumps that can be benign (most often) such as large papillomas, pedunculated moles (nevi), pyogenic granuloma, but also malignant such as epitheliomas.

The surgical removal and biopsy are performed with complete removal at healthy margins to reduce the chance of recurrence (relapse). In cases of benign lesions, especially on filiform lesions, we choose laser removal that provides better aesthetic result, fast healing without stitches and immediate recovery.