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Hmmm - interesting article. It says women with moles are healthier and look younger. I have several moles on my face (and body) and I get told I look like I am in my 40s (I am 64). I did however, have three very large ones removed from my neck and back. I don't think small ones on the face like in those photos are unattractive at all. Certainly no one has ever objected to the small ones on my face.
The women in those photos are gorgeous.
I had two removed on my neck and now have hideous keloid scars that make me look like I got stabbed... so maybe that's a reason she's hesitant about it? I've tried to have them removed/reduced several times over the years but nothing has worked. I wish I'd kept the moles.
I had two removed on my neck and now have hideous keloid scars that make me look like I got stabbed... so maybe that's a reason she's hesitant about it? I've tried to have them removed/reduced several times over the years but nothing has worked. I wish I'd kept the moles.
I have a scar as well - but it's at the back of my neck. I had no choice, it had become infected and really large and HAD to be removed. But yeah, I don't see why anyone should bother removing moles unless they are an issue (which the ones I removed were).
I personally do not find moles unattractive at all.
It is only pretty or cute on very attractive people who would be very pretty or cute without them also.
Otherwise I don't like them and I find it gross when there is hair growing out of it.
I would not tell anybody to have anything removed, because it is none of my business.
This. ^^^^
Remove the mole from Marilyn Monroe's face and she's still beautiful.
Remove the mole from Cindi Crawford's face and she's still beautiful.
Moles are NOT beauty marks. Moles are NOT attractive. Doesn't matter if they are on someone's face, back, stomach, etc. I will never consider them as "things of beauty".
I don't find them attractive on most people. As you say, however, they can be interesting as beauty "marks" on a few celebrities. Can't deny that.
The rest of us: nuh uh.
I had three removed in 2010: first above my left eyebrow (medium), another forward of my right ear (medium-large), third (smaller) on my neck. Couple other contenders that I will probably leave as-is on my shoulder and elsewhere. My concern was/is as much skin cancer as aesthetics, though the eyebrow one always ticked me off to see in the mirror every day. Always. I see it existed far back as my 4th Grade pictures, slowly growing... you get the picture. Finally gone in my early 40s. None were "disfiguring" but all "annoying to look at," IMO: my call.
Concern for many is scarring, women especially. As a man, I find a few facial scars interesting and as the two incisions on my face healed, they left a small scar above my eyebrow (hard to see) and another that the plastic surgeon did a great job of melding into natural contours of my face (forward of my ear). Without being too gross, the ear area mole was a large, uh, "volume of removal" and he stitched about a 1 inch vertical incision. "Supposedly" women find scars on a guy cool, though no woman since has remarked on either of mine without me pointing it out. I figure it's a wash.
I personally find scars on a woman interesting, too, though I've seen enough go to herculean lengths to hide them to believe they don't feel the same way.
I went to a well-regarding plastic surgeon in Seattle. Surprising how much it cost to have all of this dealt-with, but no one said plastic surgery is cheap. Medical insurance paid 40% (glad they paid even that much), given history of melanoma in my family. Thought it may be wise to go to a top-guy of my choosing vs. in-plan who may or may not be good. I paid extra (out of pocket) since who wants to be truly disfigured by scars?
I am skeptical about homeopathic ways to remove moles vs. doing it the right way (plastic surgery).
I don't love/hate them. I mean unless it's really unsightly or hairy then I couldn't care less.
But I think freckles are pretty.
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