Benign skin growth near the upper lip: treatment choices
Updated: Oct 11
In this clinical case, laser treatment was chosen after an in-person examination and dermoscopic assessment.
The photographs and video show an individual clinical case. They do not establish a diagnosis by themselves or predict another patient's result, session count or recovery time.
Laser treatment is not suitable for every skin growth. Non-pigmented dermal nevi and pigmented melanocytic nevi need different assessment; the S2k guideline advises against laser treatment of the latter as a routine option. Suspected melanoma requires examination of a tissue sample under a microscope. The clinician determines how to obtain it.
Treatment choices take the diagnosis, medical risks, expected cosmetic benefit and the patient's preferences into account. Location on the face alone does not determine whether laser treatment is suitable.
Source: Paasch and colleagues (2022), the S2k guideline on skin laser therapy, with separate sections on pigmented and dermal nevi. PubMed record.
Source: Garbe and colleagues, the European melanoma diagnostics guideline, update 2024. PubMed record.
