Mole Mapping

Charter Medical Group offers full body mole mapping or individual mole screening for any worrying moles or lesions.

Mole Mapping involves the examination and screening of any suspicious moles or lesions through digital imaging them to access their specific structural features. Mole Mapping is a procedure involving the digital imaging and diagnosis of skin lesions. This entails a thorough, detailed and non-invasive investigation of the skin.

The most effect way of combating malignant melanoma is by diagnosing it at an early stage of its development. The key to early detection is to monitor moles for any changes in shape, size or color; mole mapping provides a baseline reference for tracking moles by documenting the entire surface of a patient’s skin photographically.

If you have had exposure to the sun or use tanning salons, you should consider skin health assessments as part of your regular health checks.

Useful Patient information:

• You do not need a GP referral letter to get an appointment for Mole Mapping.
• Mole Mapping usually takes between 1-2 hours, depending on the number of moles that need to be examined.
• The cost for a full body mole mapping session is €150 (for the summer months only, until September 2010) normally €200.
• Patients can get individual moles screened. An individually mole screening in €45 per mole.

For more information or to make your appointment please contact Charter Medical on (01) 65790000

Please click here to download an information leaflet.