Would you pluck hair out of a mole?

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Not a wee little underground beastie - that's just cruel.

I have a hairy mole and have been trimming the hairs short since I was under the belief that plucking them would cause the mole to mutate...

I found \link{http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/ate/cancer/202728.html\this} and now am wondering if I dare to pluck them.

Does anyone else pluck them???

Yep, one really annoying one on my chin.

DH calls it my witchy mole, can't blame him really

I pluck it whenever it becomes visible enough.

lol at underground beastie

I do - have had one on my face for ever, and trimmed it for years, but have recently (last couple of months) started plucking the hairs (oh yes, not just the one). V satisfying, in a gruesome kind of way.

Yes, have been doing so for years and the mole has not changed in the least!

I do too!

I might just have to swallow my irrational fear and get the tweezers out.

Hairy moles are just minging aren't they

I do.

I do too

i used to til i had it removed! all moles should be spliced!

I have had an irrational fear of plucking too, so I trim. My worst one is in a place I can't reach (back of arm before your imaginations go mad) so dp has to do it for me

Gross, but yes if I had a hirsute mole then I'd pluck it.

If I could catch the little bugger I'd pull 'em all out and good riddance to 'im

They'm dug up all my beans agin

I pluck and have done for years with no obvious effects (except that it grows back a bit slower now (yay!)).

Sorry to be so gross NdP! .

Pluck. I have one on my cheek that I've had to pluck for years with no ill effects. I am always slightly scared at just how far it seems to go in - I get a mammoth hair out!

Phew! I was a bit worried when I saw this thread title as I've got several hairy moles I've been plucking for years and thought you were all going to be saying "No! Don't do it!"

Does anybody else feel like adding the rider:

"I may have a hairy mole or two but despite this I am average attractively" ?

Yes, I do pluck...

lol hmc! (and franny too)

I have one on my cheek that I pluck (mmm, attractive) and like flamesparrow it's always scarily long.
Does anyone else find they seem to grow suddenly? Like one day it's not there, the next it's half a centimetre long?

(hmm, only on MN this convo!)

Yes! Then I'm paranoid that its been this monster hair for weeks and I just hadn't noticed

Yes Clary !

I'm sure there was nothing there yesterday and then today I think "My God, how did that get that long before I spotted it !"

yes I pluck. I think it does make the hair grow back thicker - I dont pluck the fine normal skin hair, just the one thick black one...nice. It is very satisfying.

AllieBongo I would love my mole removed - its on my cheek - but always thought a scar might be worse. Were you left with a scar?

No...paranoid about irritating the mole into being skin cancer. Absolutely no scientific evidence to support this theory...but...there you go. I have a mole on my chin that produces one hair. I always always cut it and never pluck. Luckily I have my children to remind me when it's getting a bit long "mummy, why do you have that long hair sticking out of your chin..?"