Why dont Japanese ppl get their warts or moles fixed......As in on the trains ive seen billions of ppl with huge ass MOLES n WARTS on their heads or whatever but they just leave it their to grow ?!?!?!?



man if i had even a smallest wart or mole id get the thing cut out .....

They're considered to be signs of good luck IIRC.

cstaylor wrote:They're considered to be signs of good luck IIRC.

They certainly do wonders for your love life.

dimwit wrote:

cstaylor wrote:They're considered to be signs of good luck IIRC.

They certainly do wonders for your love life.

hhahahahahahah

dimwit wrote:

cstaylor wrote:They're considered to be signs of good luck IIRC.

They certainly do wonders for your love life.

Never said I held the same opinion of moles. The wife had one removed when she lived in the U.S. (very inexpensive procedure).

fatslug wrote:Why dont Japanese ppl get their warts or moles fixed...

I wondered that as well. Not only for appearance, but don't moles possibly become problems if left untreated?.. Is cancer one of the concerns? It seems like I read that somewhere..

Gj

I have heard, althought I have no idea if it is true, that Japanese consider nose wart removal to be a very hazardous medical procedure. I have no idea why.

GuyJean wrote:Not only for appearance, but don't moles possibly become problems if left untreated?.. Is cancer one of the concerns? It seems like I read that somewhere..

They can become melanomas if not tracked carefully.

dimwit wrote:I have heard, althought I have no idea if it is true, that Japanese consider nose wart removal to be a very hazardous medical procedure. I have no idea why.

The only danger is to their wallets. If a good plastic surgeon can rebuild a face like Beat Takeshi's, filling in a divit created by a wart removal would be a trivial piece of work.

Of course, I'd have that work done in Hollywood or the San Fernando Valley, not Japan.

cstaylor wrote:

GuyJean wrote:Not only for appearance, but don't moles possibly become problems if left untreated?.. Is cancer one of the concerns? It seems like I read that somewhere..

They can become melanomas if not tracked carefully.

yeah ! in school we were always educated that moles should be checked out ASAP if they get bigger ! but beyond BIG is unheard of back home !

maybe miso soup helps

cstaylor wrote:The only danger is to their wallets. If a good plastic surgeon can rebuild a face like Beat Takeshi's, filling in a divit created by a wart removal would be a trivial piece of work.

Of course, I'd have that work doen in Hollywood or the San Fernando Valley, not Japan.

Which make you wonder why Hideki Matsu still hasn't got that life-form below his eyebrow terminated.

cstaylor wrote:filling in a divit created by a wart removal would be a trivial piece of work.

But that's the problem; if you wait until it's big enough to be a divit, it's you're own fault..

Just tell them that, in South Korea, divits are considered good luck..

GJ

GO the DIVIT !

yeah baby !

also kazuo matsuis got a little mole.....hmmm how many famous japanese celebs. got a mole ?

cstaylor wrote:Of course, I'd have that work done in Hollywood or the San Fernando Valley, not Japan.

Yah, you could get that same great surgeon as Michael Jackson uses... Or any of the ones that have created the messes shown here: Awful Plastic Surgery.

Not saying that Japanese doctors are any better though.

Ian

FG Lurker wrote:Yah, you could get that same great surgeon as Michael Jackson uses...

Well, you can only do nose modifications so many times before you run out of bone cartilage.

FG Lurker wrote:Not saying that Japanese doctors are any better though.

They aren't. There's a very good reason why Japanese refuse to have those moles removed here, or ex-Yokozuna Takanohana went abroad for knee surgery.

cstaylor wrote:

FG Lurker wrote:Yah, you could get that same great surgeon as Michael Jackson uses...

Well, you can only do nose modifications so many times before you run out of bone cartilage.

Yes, but any decent doctor would refuse to perform the surgery.

cstaylor wrote:

FG Lurker wrote:Not saying that Japanese doctors are any better though.

They aren't. There's a very good reason why Japanese refuse to have those moles removed here, or ex-Yokozuna Takanohana went abroad for knee surgery.

Sports-related knee surgery is far more complex than most plastic surgery. They aren't even in the same league.

Have a look at the link I provided. Plastic surgery everywhere is more than a bit freaky. There is good stuff available in Japan (I've seen some of the results... ) and bad stuff available too. Same for the US. The surgeons certainly play a role, but no matter how good the surgeon, if the patient wants something that isn't realistic (J cup titties on a 150cm tall petit-bodied woman for example) the results are going to suck.

Off to Costco to pick up some Christmas food.

FG Lurker wrote:if the patient wants something that isn't realistic (J cup titties on a 150cm tall petit-bodied woman for example) the results are going to suck.

FG Lurker wrote:Off to Costco to pick up some Christmas food.

Lucky bastard.

[quote="FG Lurker"]

Plastic surgery everywhere is more than a bit freaky. There is good stuff available in Japan (I've seen some of the results... ]

Plastic surgery is Japan is largely unregulated hence the mixed results. ANY doctor can become a plastic surgeon. My wife, who is an internist considered becoming one except she hate cutting people.

My doctor in aus told me that it is only the small flat black moles that tend to become melonomas. The big brown ones, while unsightly, are usually benign.

Also, moles tend to be fed by major veins and arteries so it is not so easy to lop them off as their roots tend to go around the blood source.

Usualy what they do these days is freeze them off with liquid nitrogen but that is a tricky procedure as the doc has to know how to handle it and not burn the surrounding skin. Some plastic work is required as well.

But warts are a skin lesion that can be burnt off with medication. Or for a home remedy, tape a banana skin (white side) onto a wart everyday until it has gone as there are some enzymes in them that will eat them away.

Za Peanuts have (had?) fake moles so you can tell them apart.

GomiGirl wrote:Also, moles tend to be fed by major veins and arteries so it is not so easy to lop them off as their roots tend to go around the blood source.

I see.. I am becoming smarter..

But don't a lot of moles start small, then grow over time? If you get em' early, if they're small, it doesn't seem like it would be a problem. I had one removed when I was four because my parent were worried it would grow into some monstrosity later; The doc let me have it as a souvenir.. I think I still have it somewhere, along with my baby teeth.

GJ

dimwit wrote:Plastic surgery is Japan is largely unregulated hence the mixed results. ANY doctor can become a plastic surgeon. My wife, who is an internist considered becoming one except she hate cutting people.

Is plastic surgery in the US any more regulated? I have no idea... But the results are just as mixed.

Personally I'll just stay the way I am... I may not be great looking, but at least I don't look like an inhuman freak either.

cstaylor wrote:

FG Lurker wrote:if the patient wants something that isn't realistic (J cup titties on a 150cm tall petit-bodied woman for example) the results are going to suck.

Well said!

cstaylor wrote:

FG Lurker wrote:Off to Costco to pick up some Christmas food.

Lucky bastard.

Got a Christmas chicken, some freshly baked bread (still hot when I picked it up!), nachos, Pace picante sauce, and some other bits and pieces. No turkey, but I guess we're still in Japan after all... Picked up a Christmas cake at my favorite bakery on the way home. Now time to gorge...

dimwit wrote:

cstaylor wrote:The only danger is to their wallets. If a good plastic surgeon can rebuild a face like Beat Takeshi's, filling in a divit created by a wart removal would be a trivial piece of work.

Of course, I'd have that work doen in Hollywood or the San Fernando Valley, not Japan.

Which make you wonder why Hideki Matsu still hasn't got that life-form below his eyebrow terminated.

it ain't so bad

GomiGirl wrote:My doctor in aus told me that it is only the small flat black moles that tend to become melonomas. The big brown ones, while unsightly, are usually benign.

True, but any mole that suddenly starts growing fast is a problem and should be looked at.

But warts are a skin lesion that can be burnt off with medication. Or for a home remedy, tape a banana skin (white side) onto a wart everyday until it has gone as there are some enzymes in them that will eat them away.

yeah, I've read that duct tape will do the same, but will smell far less.

Actually, I dated a womyn with a few significant facial moles. Honestly, it was a bit of a shame, she'd be really, really attractive without them, and probably walking around with a totally hot gaijin hipster. As it was, she was cute and with someone of my caliber. Which, I guess was fine. Though, kissing was rather strange, it was like negotiating two noses...

FG Lurker wrote:you could get that same great surgeon as Michael Jackson uses... Or any of the ones that have created the messes shown here: Awful Plastic Surgery.

Pictures of Tara Reid's mutilated nipples never cease to amaze and disgust me. She must've had that job done in a back alley in Tijuana.

yakinoumiso wrote:... I dated a womyn with a few significant facial moles... As it was, she was cute and with someone of my caliber. Which, I guess was fine. Though, kissing was rather strange, it was like negotiating two noses...

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