No Mo Moley Moley

No Mo

I was advised by a general surgeon to have 2 facial moles removed. The main one is seen here. I have had this mole "beauty mark" all of my life. I have dealt with many many people who have given me strange looks. Old people who say "why don't you get that thing removed!". A doctor I went to see for the first time about strep-throat said "you should have that removed, it really detracts from your beauty." Kids have said "is that a lady bug on your face?" And the most outrageous was a complete stranger in Long John Silvers who said "what is that on your face? You should really have it removed!! My brother had something like that and had it removed because he thought it was cancerous." In nearly every one of these (and many more) situations, I have kindly told people that I have been to see a dermatologist about it in the past and she said it was not of concern. However, in the picture on the left you can see it's more brown and was smaller. However, during my pregnancy (because of hormones) it changed (bigger and more red on the right). The general surgeon that I went to said that it was time to have it removed because it would just continue to change and could cause problems. So I went through a bit of a grieving process and made it very clear that I have never been interested in removing it for cosmetic reasons (I learned very quickly to not care what other people thought or said to me about it.) They put me under and I woke up a bit loopy, but (knock on wood, send many prayers) I am not puking up my guts (that's what happened the last time I was put under.) And now we are on track to see how it heals. I am interested to see how it turns out and pray that I don't have a huge scar. The one thing I already worry about - all of my wedding pictures, family pictures, important times up to this point have me with this beauty mark. It will be strange to not have it any more.
I may post more pics in the future...