Moley, moley, moley!
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I've had a mole on my neck since when I can remember. In the last couple of years it has got bigger/floppier and rubs against my shirt collar causing it to be itchy and red. I'm also now as bald as a bowling ball which makes it look worse and myself more self conscious about it.
Visited my GP who advised that it wasn't cancerous and that to remove it I would need to spend upwards of £300 having it removed privately!! Seems insane as if you believe the media I could get a free pair of 32DDs no problem.
So, aside from grabbing a Stanley blade from the garage is there any way I can blag getting this removed under the NHS or have it removed for reasonable money? (under £100!)
Visited my GP who advised that it wasn't cancerous and that to remove it I would need to spend upwards of £300 having it removed privately!! Seems insane as if you believe the media I could get a free pair of 32DDs no problem.
So, aside from grabbing a Stanley blade from the garage is there any way I can blag getting this removed under the NHS or have it removed for reasonable money? (under £100!)
NelsonR32 said:
I've had a mole on my neck since when I can remember. In the last couple of years it has got bigger/floppier and rubs against my shirt collar causing it to be itchy and red. I'm also now as bald as a bowling ball which makes it look worse and myself more self conscious about it.
Visited my GP who advised that it wasn't cancerous and that to remove it I would need to spend upwards of £300 having it removed privately!! Seems insane as if you believe the media I could get a free pair of 32DDs no problem.
So, aside from grabbing a Stanley blade from the garage is there any way I can blag getting this removed under the NHS or have it removed for reasonable money? (under £100!)
I had a large mole removed from my neck because it kept getting caught on collars. My GP just did it for nowt (was about 3 years ago, things may have changed?). Took only a few minutes and I never felt a thing. He then sent it off to be checked and never heard a thing, so guess it was fine.Visited my GP who advised that it wasn't cancerous and that to remove it I would need to spend upwards of £300 having it removed privately!! Seems insane as if you believe the media I could get a free pair of 32DDs no problem.
So, aside from grabbing a Stanley blade from the garage is there any way I can blag getting this removed under the NHS or have it removed for reasonable money? (under £100!)
Def can remove skin tags easily with thread or even cover with plaster and leave a couple weeks.
Mole. How could the GP know it was benign for sure?
GPs will refer you to a dermatologist (skin specialist) if they have concerns that your mole has any abnormal cells. If the dermatologist thinks your mole could have any abnormal or cancerous cells, they will remove the mole (biopsy) to check it under the microscope.
There is an increasing prevalence of skin cancers and so innocent (benign) moles are rarely removed on the NHS unless it becomes necessary to do so.
In general, moles are not removed for cosmetic reasons. If you wish to have a mole removed for cosmetic reasons then you would almost always need to have it removed privately and will be charged a fee.
You can't win. You don't want it to be cancerous.
As summer is coming (live in hope) you could say you have to submit to wearing high collars as everyone laughs at your mole. It's destroying your confidence, and you just want to cry and cry and cry. Add you feel suicidal.
That'll do it!
Mind you, your mole might get done cosmetically then, but you'll be a mess on the anti-depressants you get prescribed!
All in jest naturally.
Mole. How could the GP know it was benign for sure?
GPs will refer you to a dermatologist (skin specialist) if they have concerns that your mole has any abnormal cells. If the dermatologist thinks your mole could have any abnormal or cancerous cells, they will remove the mole (biopsy) to check it under the microscope.
There is an increasing prevalence of skin cancers and so innocent (benign) moles are rarely removed on the NHS unless it becomes necessary to do so.
In general, moles are not removed for cosmetic reasons. If you wish to have a mole removed for cosmetic reasons then you would almost always need to have it removed privately and will be charged a fee.
You can't win. You don't want it to be cancerous.
As summer is coming (live in hope) you could say you have to submit to wearing high collars as everyone laughs at your mole. It's destroying your confidence, and you just want to cry and cry and cry. Add you feel suicidal.
That'll do it!
Mind you, your mole might get done cosmetically then, but you'll be a mess on the anti-depressants you get prescribed!All in jest naturally.
I had 2 Skin Tags removed 2 weeks ago. He just looked at them and asked if they were causing me any issues.
I said yes, they bleed on occasion from catching on clothing and he sent me for minor surgery to have them removed.
Can't see how he can say you have to pay if they are hurting/ causing you discomfort?
Surely, if it hurts, its not cosmetic surgery?!
I said yes, they bleed on occasion from catching on clothing and he sent me for minor surgery to have them removed.
Can't see how he can say you have to pay if they are hurting/ causing you discomfort?
Surely, if it hurts, its not cosmetic surgery?!
I had quite a large mole on my hip for as long as I can remember.It was on the waist band area so sometimes quite a pest.It became "floppy"for no obvious reason, saw my doctor on a different matter and casually mentioned this thing, he checked it and then booked me in to have it removed three weeks later, two days before the appointment, it dropped off! No problems with the site ever since.
I've had a few taken off by the doctor using a hot blade thing that corterises (?) any bleeding. Once healed it leaves a silver coloured area. If you have it done that way, don't both with local anaesthetic as the injections for that are worse than the treatment.
I've also had plastic surgery to have one removed from my face. That one was probably expensive as it was in a theatre but you can't tell it was ever there.
The difference was location of them, finish you want and mole size/shape.
A doctor should be willing to do the former if it's causing irritation and they do that type of procedure locally, they just won't refer you to a consultant if they think it's benign
I've also had plastic surgery to have one removed from my face. That one was probably expensive as it was in a theatre but you can't tell it was ever there.
The difference was location of them, finish you want and mole size/shape.
A doctor should be willing to do the former if it's causing irritation and they do that type of procedure locally, they just won't refer you to a consultant if they think it's benign
It is now quite difficult to get a benign lesion removed on the NHS.
The criteria usually include recurrent infection, affecting day to day activities or where malignancy could not be excluded.
If you look on your local CCG website their criteria should be laid out (under procedures of low clinical value !!) - their term not mine.
The criteria usually include recurrent infection, affecting day to day activities or where malignancy could not be excluded.
If you look on your local CCG website their criteria should be laid out (under procedures of low clinical value !!) - their term not mine.
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