Many people who promote natural mole and wart remedies talk endlessly about how much you can save if you use a DIY formula to eliminate unwanted benign growths.
There's no question that if you spend a few dollars (usually about $40) on a home remedy versus paying a plastic surgeon ($150 to $400) to remove a mole you'll save a lot of money, especially if your healthcare insurance doesn't cover elective or cosmetic surgery.
But that's a very small part of the issue because the potential problems of making a bad choice are not limited to having a scar.
Mole removal is a serious business because moles can be malignant (cancerous) without you knowing it.
The danger of a deciding to remove a mole quickly without a doctor, is that you may read about how safe, effective and affordable the cream is and go out and buy it (or order it online) without first going to your dermatologist to have the moles examined or subjected to a biopsy.
Because the home remedies are cheap and easy to use, you may say to yourself, "I've had that mole forever and I doubt it's cancerous.
" But are you sure? What if it's not benign? You must be aware that the cells of a mole that are malignant, if attempted to be removed without a specialist's knowledge, could cause the cells to re-grow and spread needlessly.
It doesn't matter how much you save on a mole removal treatment if you unwittingly cause cancerous cells to reproduce.
Since surgical mole removal price ranges can go up as high as $400, I'm not suggesting you must have a plastic surgeon do the job.
In fact cheap natural mole removal kits can be a good alternative.
There's just one condition: You absolutely must have your moles or skin tags checked by a physician first, then if they're benign, go ahead and choose the cheaper route.