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I had laser hair removal on my arm and now my mole looks puffed up, could this be a melanoma?
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Unlikely: Since hair follicles and moles grow together, likely the laser treatment irritated the hair follicles in the moles. Watch for one month , if still puffy, need to be seen by a dermatologist .
Answered 3/3/2016
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Unlikely: Laser treatment will not cause a melanoma. The mole I assume was in the area where the hairs were lasered and probably received some of the energy and got a little inflamed. If it were a melanoma , then it would have had to been that way prior to the laser treatment.
Answered 11/28/2017
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