Mole Check

Timing is critical when assessing changing skin lesions. With current NHS wait times, securing a prompt GP appointment and subsequent referral to a dermatologist can frequently take weeks or months. Our private mole check service in Nottingham provides a swift, accessible, and high-precision alternative. Within 48 hours of your dermoscopic scan at our Mapperley clinic, you receive a formal diagnostic report from a practicing UK Consultant Dermatologist. This rapid turnaround provides immediate clarity and peace of mind, allowing you to either proceed safely with cosmetic removal or bypass prolonged queues to access urgent medical care through your GP with professional documentation already in hand.

A dermatoscope is a specialised medical magnifier equipped with high-intensity, cross-polarised light. Unlike a standard magnifying glass, a dermatoscope eliminates skin surface reflection, allowing our practitioners to visualise the microscopic pigment patterns, blood vessel structures, and cellular architecture in the deeper layers of the epidermis and dermis. By capturing high-resolution digital dermoscopic images and transmitting them securely to our consultant dermatology partners, we can identify microscopic changes and structural abnormalities that are completely invisible to the naked eye.

UK Consultant Dermatologists utilize the internationally recognized ABCDE criteria to evaluate whether a pigmented lesion requires urgent medical excision or is safely benign:

• A for Asymmetry: One half of the mole does not match the other half in shape or structural pattern.

• B for Border: The edges or borders of the mole are irregular, jagged, blurred, or poorly defined.

• C for Colour: The colour is uneven and contains shades of brown, black, pink, red, white, or blue.

• D for Diameter: The lesion is larger than 6mm across (the size of a pencil eraser), though melanomas can sometimes be smaller.

• E for Evolving: The mole is actively changing in size, shape, elevation, or colour, or has begun to bleed, itch, or crust.

Patient safety is our primary clinical mandate. If the reviewing UK Consultant Dermatologist identifies any atypical cellular architecture or suspicious characteristics, you will be provided with a comprehensive, formal medical report immediately. We will instruct you to book an urgent appointment with your NHS GP, handing them this document directly. Because the report is signed by a certified Consultant Dermatologist, it acts as an immediate medical catalyst, allowing your GP to fast-track you onto the official NHS two-week wait pathway for definitive biopsy or excision.

No. To maintain strict medical safety profiles, cosmetic lesion removal via CryoPen® cryotherapy can only be performed after we have received formal, written clearance from our dermatology screening partners. Once your dermoscopic scan is uploaded, it takes up to 48 hours for the Consultant Dermatologist to analyse the tissue images and issue the report. If the report confirms the lesion is 100% benign and safe to treat, you can immediately book your cosmetic removal session. We never perform same-day removals on unvetted moles.

You will notice a visible reduction in hair density and slower growth after your very first session. However, because hair grows in asynchronous cycles (anagen, catagen, and telogen), the treatment can only destroy follicles actively growing hair during your appointment. To achieve permanent hair reduction across the entire target area, we recommend a complete course of 6 treatments spaced 4 to 6 weeks apart.

To ensure a safe and effective session, you must cleanly shave the treatment area 24 hours before your appointment—do not wax, pluck, or thread, as the root must remain intact for the BBL energy to target. Additionally, avoid direct sun exposure, sun beds, and fake tan on the treated area for at least 2 weeks prior to your visit. Always notify our team if you have started any new photosensitising medications since your initial consultation.