{"id":10515,"date":"2019-11-20T14:14:44","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T20:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.advdermatology.com\/moles\/"},"modified":"2023-02-21T10:00:41","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T16:00:41","slug":"moles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.advdermatology.com\/skin-concerns\/benign-growths\/moles\/","title":{"rendered":"Moles"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Nevus is the medical term for a mole. Many moles are called nevi.<\/h2>\n<p class=\"intro-text\">Normal moles are symmetric and have even tone or one single color (usually a light to medium brown)\u00a0and a shape that is usually oval or round.\u00a0 Most benign nevi are hereditary. High numbers of nevi can indicate a potential risk for developing melanoma.<\/p>\n<p>It has been shown that increased sun exposure in childhood can influence the number of nevi. Many moles or nevi can be perfectly normal and never change; however, some may transform and become atypical nevi or even mole cancer (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.advdermatology.com\/skin-concerns\/skin-cancer\/melanoma\/\">Melanoma<\/a>). Atypical nevi have an irregular shape, color, or asymmetry. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advdermatology.com\/skin-concerns\/skin-cancer\/melanoma\/\">Melanoma<\/a> often arises within atypical moles, thus it is important to identify <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advdermatology.com\/skin-concerns\/skin-cancer\/dysplatic-moles-nevi\/\">atypical nevi<\/a> and remove them.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nevus is the medical term for a mole. Many moles are called nevi. Normal moles are symmetric and have even tone or one single color (usually a light to medium brown)\u00a0and a shape that is usually oval or round.\u00a0 Most<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":10491,"menu_order":126,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"0","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"10528,10530,10529","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10515","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Benign Mole Removal &amp; Treatment - Chicago, IL<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Offering the latest mole removal treatment, Advanced Dermatology is the Chicago area&#039;s premiere cosmetic &amp; 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