Facial mole

This article refers to what is a that can be located on the human face. Slightly raised and typically darker in color than surrounding skin, facial moles are often considered to be identifiable marks on the faces of those who possess them.
Appearance
According to the American Academy of Dermatology, the most common types of facial moles are skin tags, raised moles and flat moles. Untroublesome facial moles are usually circular or oval and not very large, though some can be larger then the size of a typical pencil eraser. Some facial moles typically produce dark, coarse hair. Common mole hair removal procedures include plucking, cosmetic waxing, electrolysis, threading and cauterization.
Superstition and Ridicule
Throughout human history, individuals who have possessed facial moles have been subject to ridicule and attack based on superstition.
In Medieval Europe, among those accused of demonic possession, ecclesiastical edicts interpreted large warts and moles on the skin as physical signs of the entry point of the devil into the soul.
Throughout most of history, facial moles were not considered objects of beauty on lovely faces. Rather most moles were considered hideous growths that appeared mostly on the noses, cheeks, and chins of witches, frogs and other low creatures.
In the 16th century, a popular pseudoscience was invented that supposedly described how every facial mole had a corresponding birthmark somewhere else on the body. Once you knew where both moles were, the theory went, you had the inside track on what made the person tick. For instance, if a man had a mole on the bridge of his nose, he supposedly had another on his right thigh. Taken together, the moles meant the owners were persons of good moods and would eventually receive healthy inheritances.
Superstition has led people to believe that facial moles are physical signs of inherent evil. WorldNetDaily's Maralyn Lois Polak published an article on February 21, 2007 about the facial moles of U.S. Presidents. Her article spoke about personal traits that facial lesions carried. As a child, I fixated on the repugnance of warts, wens and moles, while developing a theory moles were black spots on a bad person's soul that had migrated to the surface of the skin, revealing what someone was really like.
Sign of evil
Both folklore and modern popular culture use physical traits to denote a character's either good or evil tendencies. In contrast to the fine features and smooth skin of its heroes and heroines, characters who possess negative or evil characteristics have also been known to possess more rugged features and skin blemishes, including facial moles.
Children's stories which are high on visuals tend to paint villains as possessing such traits as facial moles. The character of , a witch from Disney's The Little Mermaid possesses a facial mole amongst other often negatively cast physical features. Ursula is the contrast to fine featured, smooth skinned Ariel. Even literature that is published entirely for school-aged children, or by school-aged children may cast villains as possessing traits such as facial moles. In 'Martha Meets Maxi', a villain is described as: A stranger with a big mole on his face broke into the taxi and drove the taxi to San Diego. The stranger's big mole is a visual representation of his state of being a villain.*
British Study
New research shows people who have moles on their skin may be more likely to stay younger for longer.
The Twin Research Unit at King's College London found a high correlation between those with a high number of moles on their skin and the biological ability to fight the signs of aging.
The study compared more than 1,800 twins and discovered that those with a high number of moles, 100 or more, were found to have a biological marker for slow aging.
As a result, people with a lot of moles might be expected to live longer than those who have very few, despite facing a greater risk of skin cancer.
People with moles are used to be told that they have a higher chance of developing melanoma, the most serious form of skin cancer.
Moles develop in childhood but tend to disappear from middle age onwards. People with white skin average about 30 moles, although some may have as many as 400.

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