Plastic Surgery Nips Sarah Jessica Parker’s Mole

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Late night T.V. watchers: did you see Sarah Jessica Parker telling David Letterman about her mole removal performed by a plastic surgeon relative?

The Sex and the City star said she just did not care for it any longer, but the situation could have been more dire.

Among the many practical procedures performed by cosmetic plastic surgeons, facial mole removal is one of the tops.

Long considered a “beauty mark”, many classic beauties have sported facial moles, including:

• Scarlett Johansson
• Gwyneth Palthrow
• Julia Roberts
• Elizabeth Taylor
• Marilyn Monroe

Plastic surgeons often use a scalpel to remove moles that are growing, changing colors or have ragged edges. Some perform laser mole removal. Another dangerous mole is one in which one half is different than the other half.

Those dark facial blemishes can turn into skin cancer (also known as melanomas) which can invade other organs. The most troublesome are usually larger than a pencil eraser, experts say.

Celebrities treat their moles differently.

Madonna sported a mole most of her life and then had it removed about two years ago. Top Model  Cindy Crawford, however, who admits to having had other cosmetic surgery, prefers to keep her mole as “part of my identity.” (Experts think Cindy’s beauty mark is probably benign.)

For a mole raised above the skin like Sarah’s, the plastic surgeon usually shaves the mole off level with the skin and then cauterizes the stump. (There are actually many types of moles and exactly how to remove them depends on the case.)

Because moles are round (or round-ish), and a circle cannot be stitched, the surgeon must also take some healthy skin – in an eye shape – so the incision can be sutured.

Judging by Sarah’s non-blemished face where the mole was, two things are likely:

• Her surgeon did a highly remarkable job that  left no scar
  • The mole was removed a year ago and the scar lightened over time into nothing visible

 After excision, any mole would also be sent a lab for analysis; if anything suspicious is found, the patient would be sent to her primary doctor for a more thorough checkup.

If the mole indicated additional problems, however, medicos would closely examine the patient’s lymph nodes and then take the case from there.

admin @ December 18, 2009