I have a nevus with hair. I wanted to know if it is secure to cut the hair, or if it is a bad idea.?

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Is there any danger? How should i cut the hair? If i cut the hair grows stronger?
Are there any health problems i can get?
nevus are moles, spots in the skin, brown spots. PLEASE HELP ME!!! IT IS VERY IMPORTANT!!!
Sure go ahead.
The hair won't come back any stronger or weaker... it will comeback the same.
Just don't injure the nevus.  (+ info)

Scar after removal of halo nevus?

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Last week I had a mole removed because it was a halo nevus (mole surrounded by circle of white) - it didn't look cancerous or anything but needed to be removed just to make sure. Anyway, it's still healing. I just want to know if anyone has had a halo nevus removed before, and if the depigmented area repigmented? So far the area that was white is red, probably from irritation. But I really hope it repigments so my scar isn't even more noticeable in an area of such light skin.

Hope I get some feedback..thank you.
of course it is going to scar a little. Put some vitamin e on it to reduce the scarring  (+ info)

Dysplastic compound nevus w/marked melanocytic atypia?

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I had a mole biopsied and now they want to re-excise the area with concern for possible melanoma in situ. I can't get an appointment for 31 days with the Dermatologist who performed the biopsy or should I get an appointment with a general surgeon to do the re-excision?
Thanks!
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i think i have a spider nevus on my hand. how do i remove it?

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i have a small red dot on my hand and it has been there for a long time.
and i have been to the doctors and they said it wil go if i leave it. but i have and it just wont go and this was about 6 months ago. ( but i have had this for at least a year now ) :(
does anyone no what it could be?
and i think it's like a spider nevus,
does anyone no how to remove this?
any idea wil be great. thank you
You don't remove it. You need to see a dermatologist who will advise you of your options. Go back to your doctor and ask him to refer you. If it is a spider nevus they are quite common but you should not try to remove anything yourself.  (+ info)

Can anyone give me any information on small facial nevus?

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Can a tattoo cover a Becker's Nevus?

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If anyone has a tattoo covering the Becker's Nevus - would you mind posting the results please?
From what I read, it sounds like it can be done with no problem, but you need to consult with a reputable tattooist. The color effects the tattoo, in that you must tattoo darker than the skin color to show up well.
Find an experienced tattooist for this question.
luck~  (+ info)

Hi, has any-one got a nevus behind the eye, i have and i,m worried that i,m the only one ?

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be reassuring to know that i,m not the only one, serious replies please....thank you.
I'm pretty sure I don't have one but my optician told me I've got a scar at the back of my eye. Neither are anything to worry about. Nevi are common all over the body for everyone.  (+ info)

i had a mole removed like a month or 2 ago and the docter said it was permal nevus??

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ok so he removed it and then the results came back and he said that it was permal nevus i dont no what that means but he said that its possible that somtimes cancer can be located not in the mole but in the skin where the mole was now he didn't say i have cancer but he said he wanted to take more jus tto make sure so i said i wanted to go to a dermatoligist and he said there isent anything to worry about there is no reason for him to take of more skin but i am still worried that i needed more off??? what does permal nevus mean? i know what beign means but idk i am scared still!
A nevus is just the medical term for what you call a mole. There are several variations of this term that doctors use, and the one you are interested in is called a Dermal nevus- not permal. A mole is a cluster of highly pigmented cells, usually dark brown. Although the top part may have been flattish and it didn't look very big, moles aren't just what you see on the top of the skin. They extend down into the thick part of the skin and can be fairly large underneath. Think of a bird nest sort of arrangement, which tend to widen at the bottom. If it is just a nest arrangement of these cells, then they call it simply a dermal nevus, since it is extending through the full thickness of the skin- aka the dermis in doctor speak. Now, a full thickness mole has a higher risk of developing into a cancerous lesion, so the doctors want to be sure they get every teensy tiny little bit. At the moment yours didn't show any cancerous or precancerous changes, so it was returned from the lab assessed as benign. But any of those tiny bits that may have been left behind may or may not be inclined to stay harmless. And now you no longer have the mole to keep an eye on things from the top- you have a slight linear scar which is thicker, all the better to hide under. For some reason, the pathologist feels like the full thickness of the original mole may not have been removed entirely, and his report back to the doctor may have said this. To be on the safe side, then, for your best interest, it's best if they do go back and remove a little more tissue from the old "sides" around the mole. It's mostly precautionary, but really sensible. The doctors removing moles have to walk a fine balance, removing all the tissue they really have to, and not more than that. It's not like they can see things on a cellular level to help guide that scalpel, so they try to do the best they can. At the moment, you don't have skin cancer. However, to be prudent, it makes sense to make sure you didn't leave anything behind that could make trouble in the future. Since you are otherwise young and healthy, you shouldn't have a problem healing and making new healthy skin in the spot. That might not be true in the future, when or if a few of the cells left behind go rogue. Then you may well be looking a the big "C", and not in as healthy a spot to recoup as easily. So there isn't a real reason to be seriously scared, but it is a smart thing to get done now. Better to head off a problem when you can, instead of waiting to see if it becomes one. You can always go see a dermatologist, but he's just going to charge you a lot more money to do exactly the same procedure. You'll end up with the same scar, and no more benefit from it. Both doctors will send it off to a lab to be read, neither one of them is the expert- that's the job of a pathologist. Your fear is understandable, given the publicity about cancer and skin moles and all. But honestly, you just took pre-emptive action, which was smart, and you don't have anything much left to sweat.  (+ info)

my daughter has epidermal nevus. She has these swirly birthmarks on one side of her body. Anyone know of it?

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She has these warty lesions on the right side of her body. On her neck, back, trunk, legs and on the sole of her foot. I dont know alot about this disorder. Does anyone know of anyone else who has epidermal nevus?
my nephew had a large one on his neck and it shrank and disapeared by the time he was 2years old  (+ info)

Dysplastic nevus as compared to melanoma?

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How can one tell the difference from just looking.
A dysplastic nevus is growth or mark on the skin, called a mole, that is larger than normal. Also called an atypical mole. It will not change, itch or cause any probems. A melanoma will often change size, colour and itch or bleed;  (+ info)

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