Top image: Shutterstock/Oleksandr Nagaiets She’s also a former ACE-certified personal trainer. Lorra Garrick has been covering medical, fitness and cybersecurity topics for many years, having written thousands of articles for print magazines and websites, including as a ghostwriter. I turned the shower to the coldest water possible thinking the cold might stop the bleeding, but that didnt quite workout as planned. While I was shaving I accidentally ran the razor over it, this cutting the thing.
#Accidentally cut a mole while shaving skin
Datta, South Nassau uses leading-edge surgical technologies to remove skin cancer. The title is pretty self explanatory, TIFU by accidentally shaving off my mole (no I dont mean the creature living underground). Datta is an international leader in surgical oncology. “A combination of these makes it difficult to accidentally shave it off.” Dr. “Melanoma cells are cancerous which means that they have gone through their cell wall and invaded the surrounding cells they are also proliferative, meaning that there are a lot of these cells. These are single cells and can sometime get shaved off. “Melanocytes are normal cells at the basal layer of the epidermis. A seborrheic keratosis is a harmless skin barnacle that can look like a mole, and at times, even resemble melanoma.Ī seborrheic keratosis can suddenly start changing in color as well as color distribution, mimicking a malignancy.ĭo not pick these off, even though they often look “pickable.” It’s best to have a dermatologist suspect any suspicious lesions.īut as for the idea that melanoma can accidentally be shaved off, Dr. “Even if you dig it out with a fingernail, the site does not heal, as it is a melanoma.”Ī nevus is another name for a mole (pronounced knee-vus). Ask away and we will do our best to answer or find someone who can.We try to vet our answers to get you the most acurate answers. You cannot accidentally shave off melanoma, as it is deep,” he further explains. Answerbag wants to provide a service to people looking for answers and a good conversation. “To remove a melanoma, it has to be deliberate, not accidental. Datta, MD, Medical Director, The Gertrude & Louis Feil Cancer Center Chair, Department of Surgery, South Nassau Hospital. “It is moles and nevus or seborrheic keratosis which get picked off while shaving or by fingernails,” says Rajiv V.
Maybe you’ve read a few things about “picking off” a melanoma, but what about shaving it off-by accident?Īre you wondering if melanoma can be picked off?
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