yes. people think things on other people's bodies are icky. moles and many more physical attributes. it is not something you can control. it is a feeling. I am in no way obsessed and i think you know this. I'm sorry that the fact that people do not love certain aspects of others bodies and find them unattractive is an inconvenient truth for you, but it's not going to change so you are going to need to learn to accept this aspect of humanity. |
If you are an adult and you think something as commonplace as a mole is "icky" I feel bad for you. It must be hard going through life with the sensibility of a toddler. "Icky" is a word for children who lack the emotional maturity to process things that are different or surprising. It is what my DC used to say about soup and peas when they were 3.
Even just a cursory google search would let you know that like 99% of the population has moles and most people have 10-45 moles. Moles on faces and hands are common. The vast majority of moles are totally benign and they can even fade with time. You might find a mole like Lively's unsightly but you need to understand this puts you in a tiny minority-- most people do not care. It's like being a very picky eater as an adult or having a phobia about the color green. It's a dysfunctional preference. So yes-- a "you problem." |
There's more than one person you're responding to (surprise!). I'm the one who simply doesn't find them beautiful. You need to calm down. |
Isn't that the difference? Attractive people can usually get away with imperfections and still be attractive. Regular people aren't given that leeway. |
I think the people who need to calm down are those who are so delicate that the sight of a mole (something almost everyone has) freaks them out. Actually now I'm wondering if people don't know the difference between moles and warts. Because the idea that a mole is upsetting or disgusting makes so little sense -- they are so commonplace. Like I can think of dozens of celebrities with facial moles and I would be surprised to meet someone with no moles at all. So maybe people just think warts are a kind of mole. I do agree that if you have warts you should have them removed. I would definitely have a wart removed if I got one. |
You're really strange. You expect do much from other but nothing from yourself. Narcissistic tendencies? NP |
But if that's the case then who cares either way. If you aren't very attractive then removing a mole is not going to change that. Likely there are other interventions that would actually improve your appearance -- teeth straightening and whitening or plastic surgery. A mole removal is quite literally superfluous -- it won't make an ugly person beautiful anymore than the presence of a mole makes an otherwise beautiful person ugly. Facial moles are so common on actresses that I wonder if it's viewed as a positive in casting especially young actresses. Like if you are just starting out and every audition you go on is filled with beautiful young actresses but you have a prominent mole on your cheek or under your eye it might be just enough to make you stand out. I've heard that this is true of minor imperfections in teeth -- there are actresses who were told early on to never get their teeth fully straightened because slight imperfections (in otherwise lovely smiles with nice white teeth) can give you a bit of character that makes you seem more relatable to audiences. I feel like a mole might be similar -- the actresses who become most famous and successful usually have something a bit different about them that makes them stand out. They are not just generically beautiful (actresses like that wind up getting stuck in soap operas or generic nighttime ensemble dramas where they never stand out). |
Are you stupid? Obviously if my child wants to have her mole removed when she's older, we'll do it, but what we don't do is remove it because some rando on the internet says "ew, moles are icky, take it off now!" Not sure what's wrong with you? |
That's great, it's your opinion. Keep it to yourself. |
There is a PP who literally said about a child she's never seen before: You should get it removed before your kid is too old. |
I'm watching Olympic track and field right now and so many of these athletes have prominent moles and it does not detract from their appearance at all (and obviously doesn't impact their performance). Watching Anna Hall on heptathlon and she is (1) absolutely stunning and (2) has several facial moles.
I'm really surprised to read all these posts saying they are gross. It feels like an opinion people would have had during the middle ages based on some weird theory about how moles are the mark of the devil or something. Like it just sounds like an old fashioned or ignorant opinion based on weird prejudice. |
Re: Olympians with moles. Is there any way the outdoor training has given rise to the number or extent of moles? Just a thought. |
What's great? |
Sun exposure can make moles look darker in appearance so it's possible that athletes who train outdoors are more likely to have visible moles. But then hormones are also known to make moles darker or larger (both puberty and pregnancy are common reasons totally unrelated to cancer that a mole will get bigger. Also I think fair skinned people (of any ethnicity) are just more prone to moles generally. Obviously lighter skin also makes moles more obvious but I also think they've found that lighter skin leads to more moles anyway like there might be something about the way skin with less melanin develop moles that makes it more common. So I don't think the correlation between sun exposure and moles is as 1:1 as some people think -- some people are just predisposed to more moles even if they are very careful in the sun. |
yes everyone typically has some moles. but it's different to have some or even quite a few small ones than to have really big, prominent ones and be in denial that some will find them offputting. |