9 Most Embarrassing Questions Answered By Science

Can Plucking A Hairy Mole Give You Skin Cancer?

People are often wary of moles. Understandably so, as it's normal to be wary of something that can suddenly kill you for no reason. However, this means that all kinds of scare stories and old wives' tales have arisen around them, one of which is that you should never pluck a hair from a mole, lest it turns on you like a jealous dragon guarding its treasure, and gives you skin cancer. Fortunately, this is probably not true. Most medical professionals will tell you that you can pretty much do what you want with your moles - pluck them, shave them, join them all together with a full-body dot-to-dot tattoo - they won't magically transform into a melanoma.