Removing Moles with Iodine: A Retrospective
To be honest, the experiment turned out to be kind of a mixed bag - some of the moles are gone for good and the skin looks improved, while others are as bad as before, or even a little worse. Also, take into account that I'm a lousy healer who scars from pretty much any decent-sized cut, so your results may be better.
I tried to match up the photos but the combination of winter sun and paler skin means that they aren't perfect, but I think they're good enough for you to get the gist of it. With that said, let's take a look!
Chest
The flat, shallow, medium-sized mole has been replaced by a pinkish, discolored patch of skin. This was a good success, especially considering that the location is partially covered by chest hair, making it much less noticeable than the mole used to be. For my skin, iodine seems to be more effective on these flat, shallow ones that the deeper variety. Success.
Stomach
This one seems to have partially grown back and may be on its way to returning completely. Pseudo Success.
Bicep
This one did not go well. A small, raised, not-very-discolored mole has been replaced by a small, pitted scar surrounded by pink. This one was less visible before so it's pretty much a Failure.
Right Forearm
The brown mole has been replaced by a pink area. I'd call this one a Success.
Shoulder
This was the biggest mole I treated and fairly deep. It's difficult to see in the photo but this mole seems to be growing back too. When I look down it seems obvious, but in the photo you may only notice the signs on the right hand side. I suppose it's up to you whether it looks better now than before but with the effort it took and mole's seeming return, I'll give it Light Failure.
Leg
This mole isn't much less noticeable than before but it's tough to label it a failure due to it becoming infected during the procedure and forming an extra large scab (see previous article). It may look better in time but for now let's call it A Wash.
So that's my journey through removing moles with iodine. It's certainly not the answer to my personal moliness, but it seems to be an affordable solution for those of you with a small number of unsightly ones. Many of the scars still seem better than what I've received from doctors cutting moles out, of course the ones they cut out don't return either, so...
If you haven't read the entire series, take a look at Hands On: Removing Moles with Iodine? and Hands On: Removing Moles with Iodine Part 2.
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Comments (10)
I believe the book Coconut Cures by Bruce Fife mentions coconut oil as a remedy for moles. Have you ever experimented with it?
Jeckyl, does the book talk about it as an internal or topical remedy for moles?
Good information thanks :)
I cleared up a mole and a larger sun spot easily with Lavender Essential Oil.
That's interesting annie, how often did you apply the oil and how long did it take to work? Did the mole and sun spot crust up and fall off or fade?
Here are some details:
I used Lavender Essential Oil twice on two different age/sun spot/brown type moles and it burned it off in 4 days. I’d put it on one to 3 times a day depending on if I would remember.
I do have a good quality Oil – 18.00 for a small bottle which is higher than you would pay in the States I think
Once it fell off, there was a pink spot like you had in one of the pictures.
I am going to try it next on a small brown mole that I have had for a long time next.
I was very satisfied with the result. I had psyched myself out that the mole spot was a sun caused cancerous mole so I needed to see if the Lavender would work
It's been a few months now and I still have just a small clear spot on my skin
Thanks Annie, I may have to pick some up and head back to the lab! ;)
Is there anything special about the oil you bought? Not sure what defines a "quality" lavender oil.
When I bought the Lavender Oil at the store, they had a few choices so I bought the "not most expensive organic", but the next most expensive...might have been from Spain but can't read the label anymore as it disappeared :)
To go back to your Iodine uses - it is so perfect for breast and internal cysts... I was amazed how it works so effectively.
Dr Jonathon Wright of Tahoma has articles that goes into great detail on what to do and how to use it.
Dr. David Brownstein also has a good book on iodine called Why You Need It Why you Can't Live Without It. I've read a number of reports from people who've had great success with it for the conditions you listed. I don't use it every day but drink 12.5mg every other day or so (when I remember).
Thanks again for the info on lavender oil!
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