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bbud656
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 Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 7:08 am Post subject: getting a mole checked out |
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| Anyone know a place where I can get a mole checked out that's not a cosmetic place that also happens to remove moles? |
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Swampfox10mm
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| Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 7:19 am Post subject: |
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On a whim, I stopped by the Catholic university hospital located directly outside of Chungyangni station and had some moles and a wart checked/removed. It was literally steps from the subway exit 6, and no, you don't need to be Catholic. 
The window staff didn't speak much English, but the female doctor (pretty lady, btw) did a little and med student intern who removed my moles spoke A LOT of English. I was happy with the service. Some of it was not covered by insurance so much, because it was considered cosmetic. I think I paid 40,000 for all that I had done.
It wasn't the newest-looking place, but it was clean and they were very kind. I didn't see a service window when I walked in, but they had an old guy manning an information station, and he pointed me to an elevator and up a few floors to where such skin work was done. There they had a small window on one end where you checked-in and waited, and at the other end of the same hall, a young college-aged guy (who also spoke enough English to help) at a pay window took payment for services. |
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young_clinton
Joined: 09 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 11:27 am Post subject: |
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| I actually don't know if I would ever have a mole removed by a cosmetic place. What if it's a changing mole and you don't know about it? |
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Swampfox10mm
Joined: 24 Mar 2011
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| Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 5:11 pm Post subject: |
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| young_clinton wrote: |
| I actually don't know if I would ever have a mole removed by a cosmetic place. What if it's a changing mole and you don't know about it? |
A cosmetic place sent me to that hospital. They didn't work on that sort of thing, believe it or not. |
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flakfizer
Joined: 12 Nov 2004
Location: scaling the Cliffs of Insanity with a frayed rope.
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| Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 5:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Go the Hoffer-Mandale Clinic. Ask for Dr. Martin Van Nostrand. |
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Weigookin74
Joined: 26 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 10:44 pm Post subject: |
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| Swampfox10mm wrote: |
On a whim, I stopped by the Catholic university hospital located directly outside of Chungyangni station and had some moles and a wart checked/removed. It was literally steps from the subway exit 6, and no, you don't need to be Catholic.
The window staff didn't speak much English, but the female doctor (pretty lady, btw) did a little and med student intern who removed my moles spoke A LOT of English. I was happy with the service. Some of it was not covered by insurance so much, because it was considered cosmetic. I think I paid 40,000 for all that I had done.
It wasn't the newest-looking place, but it was clean and they were very kind. I didn't see a service window when I walked in, but they had an old guy manning an information station, and he pointed me to an elevator and up a few floors to where such skin work was done. There they had a small window on one end where you checked-in and waited, and at the other end of the same hall, a young college-aged guy (who also spoke enough English to help) at a pay window took payment for services. |
Do you have the address? |
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Swampfox10mm
Joined: 24 Mar 2011
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| Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 11:06 pm Post subject: |
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Well, if you go to where I mentioned, it is literally steps just outside of the exit. Within like 10 meters, actually. It's kind of alongside and slightly behind the exit, if memory serves. It's not a big entrance, but it's there.
http://www.cmcbaoro.or.kr/ |
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EZE
Joined: 05 May 2012
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| Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 3:32 pm Post subject: |
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| young_clinton wrote: |
| I actually don't know if I would ever have a mole removed by a cosmetic place. What if it's a changing mole and you don't know about it? |
I had a mole removed from my back about a decade ago at a dermatologist in the USA, just to be on the safe side. They scraped it off and there's still a scar to this day. It doesn't bother me, but I could see how some people, especially females, would prefer to go to a place that places some emphasis on cosmetic appearance. |
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bbud656
Joined: 15 Jun 2010
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| Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 6:43 pm Post subject: |
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| my big qualm with the cosmetic place I went to is that they didnt check if it was cancerous. They just looked at it and said maybe it is, so we will remove it. Seemed really unprofessional. |
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methdxman
Joined: 14 Sep 2010
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| Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 8:07 pm Post subject: |
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| my big qualm with the cosmetic place I went to is that they didnt check if it was cancerous. They just looked at it and said maybe it is, so we will remove it. Seemed really unprofessional. |
LOL, you want them to run a biopsy?
Most derms don't run biopsies unless something is already a cancerous tumor, you check moles by appearance, size, symmetry, changes in the past x months, etc. and you remove some that are at risk of turning into tumors..
Removing it affectively prevented it from becoming cancerous. |
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bbud656
Joined: 15 Jun 2010
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| Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 6:37 pm Post subject: |
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| When I get checked out in the states they judge it by appearance. If it looks bad they remove it and then test it afterwards. In my experience, medical care in Korea is second rate unless its specifically cosmetic. |
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chotaerang
Joined: 23 Mar 2004
Location: In the gym
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| Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2012 3:55 am Post subject: |
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| I recommend yonsei severance hospital, Dr Jong~ |
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isitts
Joined: 25 Dec 2008
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2012 4:48 am Post subject: Re: getting a mole checked out |
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| bbud656 wrote: |
| Anyone know a place where I can get a mole checked out that's not a cosmetic place that also happens to remove moles? |
I'd contact Internal Affairs. |
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