So I had a few moles frozen today

[Bill]

Doc says they should be gone in about 3 weeks. Wish I had done that long ago. No pics, sorry.

Edit: the ones that grow on you, not the ones that dig underground, before any of you smarty pants asks.

[MadInNc]

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Glad all OK, have ya added the “mole” sauce to your dinner ?

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[SteveOceanside]

I've had a few most of my life but they're not particularly prominent, and none on my chops so I let them be.

A few months back I was sitting in the sun which was pretty fierce that day, & in the evening got a painful red pimple mid-chest among the manly hares there :funnier:.
In a day or two it turned brown and a bit itchy-scratchy which had me worried about the old carcinoma.

So paid for a quick private consultant who ispected ALL my pet moles and told me they were just xxxxxxxxxxxxx - a mouthful medical name which I can't remember, and NOT TO WORRY.

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[Vandelay Industries]

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[Bill]

I've had a few most of my life but they're not particularly prominent, and none on my chops so I let them be.

A few months back I was sitting in the sun which was pretty fierce that day, & in the evening got a painful red pimple mid-chest among the manly hares there :funnier:.
In a day or two it turned brown and a bit itchy-scratchy which had me worried about the old carcinoma.

So paid for a quick private consultant who ispected ALL my pet moles and told me they were just xxxxxxxxxxxxx - a mouthful medical name which I can't remember, and NOT TO WORRY.

:dance:

If you're already there having them looked at, why not just take the little extra time to have them frozen? I hadn't done it because I thought I had to go to a dermatologist for that. I mentioned it to my primary doc, he says, I can do that, no problem. He even had a med student interning today, so he explained to both of us exactly how to do it. This was different than I had it done decades ago. instead of just using a straw nozzle to squirt the liquid nitrogen on, the doc's nozzle had sort of a Q-tip end. He squirted the nitrogen, freezing the end, then applied the end to the mole, then squirted a bit more nitrogen out. Cold, then a mild burning sensation. And that's it. Wait for them to disappear. Easy peasy.

[Taurus]

I used to have my regular doctor look at one in particular every time I saw him. He went on a medical mercenary trip to South America so I had to see a different doctor when I had an infection on a toe. She was new to the practice and as I found out was ex-Air Force and her husband was assigned to the F35 group at Hill AFB.

She looked over the toe and gave me something for the infection. Before I could get up and leave she asked if she could refer me to a dermatologist for that same mole as she noticed it as we were speaking. She set it up for the next day and you guessed it, melanoma. Lentigo maligna melanoma to be exact. Anyways, had Mohs surgery a day or two later and it was determined to be stage one or less and there has been no reoccurrence. Now I get full body exams annually.

Got to take these things serious.

[Bill]

I used to have my regular doctor look at one in particular every time I saw him. He went on a medical mercenary trip to South America so I had to see a different doctor when I had an infection on a toe. She was new to the practice and as I found out was ex-Air Force and her husband was assigned to the F35 group at Hill AFB.

She looked over the toe and gave me something for the infection. Before I could get up and leave she asked if she could refer me to a dermatologist for that same mole as she noticed it as we were speaking. She set it up for the next day and you guessed it, melanoma. Lentigo maligna melanoma to be exact. Anyways, had Mohs surgery a day or two later and it was determined to be stage one or less and there has been no reoccurrence. Now I get full body exams annually.

Got to take these things serious.

This is why I wanted them gone. Now I don't have to "have them inspected" when I go to the doc. Hopefully, there won't BE anything to inspect.

[LilRedCorvette]

I used to have my regular doctor look at one in particular every time I saw him. He went on a medical mercenary trip to South America so I had to see a different doctor when I had an infection on a toe. She was new to the practice and as I found out was ex-Air Force and her husband was assigned to the F35 group at Hill AFB.

She looked over the toe and gave me something for the infection. Before I could get up and leave she asked if she could refer me to a dermatologist for that same mole as she noticed it as we were speaking. She set it up for the next day and you guessed it, melanoma. Lentigo maligna melanoma to be exact. Anyways, had Mohs surgery a day or two later and it was determined to be stage one or less and there has been no reoccurrence. Now I get full body exams annually.

Got to take these things serious.

As a matter of fact, just had my annual skin exam this past Monday. :seasix:

Several years ago had a mole on my lower back that was raised and bled a bit when I scratched it (was itching a bit). A piece of it actually came off onto my fingertip :eek: which alarmed me enough to see a dermatologist.

Long story short, after the biopsy they had me come back in to take a square inch of skin where the mole was. Given that history, I take annual skin exams very seriously. :yesnod:

[Frankie the Fink]

Doc says they should be gone in about 3 weeks. Wish I had done that long ago. No pics, sorry.

Edit: the ones that grow on you, not the ones that dig underground, before any of you smarty pants asks.
When iguanas are frozen in Florida they fall out of trees, some call it "reptile rain"...

[Bill]

When iguanas are frozen in Florida they fall out of trees, some call it "reptile rain"...


During our extended Winter freeze a couple of years ago, bats were falling out of their bat colonies under bridges due to the cold.

[A/E]

Winter is just around the corner ~

Mother Nature could have done her thing to 'em

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