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HOW MOLE CHECKS SAVE LIVES

At The Hogarth MediSpa, we are lucky that Dr Bela, our resident dermatologist, is also a mole expert. When Kate booked her first ever aesthetic appointment with Dr Bela, he carried out a mole check and discovered a slightly asymmetrical mole on her leg. Although it showed no actual signs of melanoma at this stage, it concerned him enough to take photos and ask Kate to come back a few months later.

At the follow-up appointment, Dr Bela took new photos and after comparing them with the initial sets, he could see that there had been a change in the asymmetrical lesion (as you can see in the images below). This was all the evidence he needed to decide to remove the mole by performing minor surgery and subsequently, the histology has verified that it was an early stage melanoma. Click below image to open in full size.

 

Now, you would be forgiven for thinking that this was good fortune. Thank goodness he decided to check Kate for moles; what are the chances that he checks Kate at random and discovers a melanoma?

Well, the point is he didn’t check Kate at random, this is his standard practice. Every person who books their first aesthetic appointment with MediSpa will have a mole check done before the treatment. Kate’s good fortune was not that Dr Bela checked but that she chose Dr Bela to perform her treatment. She should also be commended for coming back for her follow-up appointment as, by all accounts, this isn’t always the case.

If you have any doubts or suspicions, please don’t wait for a beauty appointment, book in for a mole-check with Dr Bela.

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