Thread: steadily improving. :)

I only take 2 passes now to have a nice smooth shave with the only problem area still being that one mole with a vengeance that keeps getting nicked and the back part of my jawline (don't think it's worth it to do another pass just for that). I'd be happy to hear tips on it though. I go north-south and then South-North, my problem area is where your fingertops land, if you place your hand on your throat against the chin, so where the neck and jaw meet.

So overal I'm very pleased.

Good work! You might place your finger on top of the mole itself when shaving.

well, the mole itself grows hairs, need to cut that stubble. :s (don't know if it qualifies as a mole but my english is limited in the medical sense, it's more like an elevated birthmark I guess)

I've got a small one like that on my right cheek (about .075" diameter), it catches just enough to get nicked and be annoying. Can't go around it because I miss way too much stuble that way. I figure eventually I'll sneeze while shaving and cut it off. Oh well, it'd be cheaper than cryo removal at the doc's office.
Jack

The last mole I had removed was sliced off by a little disposable, flexible razor. The Dr. sort of pinched the ends in his finger causing the razor to bend into a little "scoop" I guess and he just "scooped" out the mole.

It was freaky and it didn't really hurt, but got a little sore later on.


...using your straight is probably cheaper, though

dunno about that, 1 thing I know for a fact is that moles bleed like crazy Did it get frozen first or something?

No, that's what surprised me. I thought when I went in that he was going to freeze it off. When he popped the little razor blade out of its container I asked about the freezing and he said, "Oh, we don't really do that much anymore. We just slice them off."

As far as I can remember, he disinfected the area around the mole, sliced it off, put some ointment on it, and then put a ball of gauze on it and taped it in place. I think he said to leave them on there for a couple of days and then I could take the bandages off.

Gives me the heebie jeebies, but still, it's better than swimming in a lake and having little fish come up and take a whack at a mole on your back thinking it is something to eat.

And speaking of bleeding, hell yeah they do. Even when the fish bite, they bleed!!!

I have a prodigious amount of moles spread across my body, with several on my face and neck, so I feel your pain. Quite literally, as one mole on my face has felt my left hand's wrath several times now, and the one on my neck scares me too much to shave -- I cheat and use an electric on it. (It scares dermatologists to remove, too, so I haven't gotten around to getting it taken off -- only a plastic surgeon will do it, apparently, since it is right on top of my carotid).

I had a few moles removed before this trip across the pond as last time they got rubbed raw by the constant weight of my vest. The doctor removed them the same way, with a scoopy razor action. One thing that you do have to make sure of if you attempt "amateur" mole removal is that you cut deep enough to get the root of the mole out as well since they grow down into the dermal layer of skin. If this makes you cringe, you may want to higher a professional if you really want the thing gone.

Laser burning is $20 a pop and leaves less scarring.

I don't think of it as scarring...I think of it as "man marks." Something I may look into when I get back, though. I think of all the options available, the razor is probably the worst. I would imagine it's also the quickest and cheapest for the doctor, though.