Is it true or a wive tail...If you pluck hair from a mole you higher the risks of cancer within or arround that area
2006-10-23 02:29:02 · 6 answers · asked by Attie 1 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
Here's some info that I found for you - No. ''You can do anything you want to a mole, pretty much," said Dr. Bernard Cohen, interim chair of dermatology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. ''If you want to pluck, shave, wax, or use electrolysis on a mole, there's no evidence that this will cause a melanoma, or any other kind of skin cancer." Perhaps the fear that plucking hairs from moles is linked to cancer stems from the fact that every once in a while, ''a mole may turn malignant by itself, and then you might blame what was done to it," said Dr. Amal Kurban, a professor of dermatology at Boston University School of Medicine. But basically, he said, ''it's very simple -- removing hair from a mole usually doesn't disrupt the cells."
2006-10-23 02:38:27 · answer #1 · answered by Lt 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The old tale was that it would develop cancer if you plucked the hair from a mole. This is no longer the case as stated above. A better thought would be why not just have them removed and be done with them. They can't be all that attractive. A dermatologist can do that for you in the office and it only take a few minutes.
2006-10-23 02:47:13 · answer #2 · answered by Tulip 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God, I hope it's not true!
I always pluck the hair from 2 moles I've got. If I didn't, they'd be dragging on the floor by now!
2006-10-23 02:34:19 · answer #3 · answered by sammi 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Trim it don't pluck it.
2006-10-23 02:35:09 · answer #4 · answered by Dreamcatcher 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put it back in the garden and take off of your face !!
2006-10-23 02:37:26 · answer #5 · answered by Cyber Bob 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
only near the nipple
2006-10-23 02:37:07 · answer #6 · answered by Clint 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋