202 User Reviews
★★★★★
I'd read somewhere that if I doused a cotton ball with ACV and just rubbed the mole, it would come off.
I tried it last night: doused a cotton ball and started rubbing the mole.
At first just flecks of the mole started to come off. Then after about four minutes of gently rubbing the mole and 3-4 cotton balls later, half the mole was gone! It was disintegrating little by little -kind of like a scab would- and I was a little worried because although it wasn't bleeding, it was leaving a red/bloody 'footprint' on my skin. There was a little blood on the cotton balls which turned the cotton ball dark brown (i assume the reaction of the blood with the vinegar) but other than that, it took about EIGHT minutes for the mole to be completely OFF!
I wiped the newly mole-free area with one more swipe of a cotton ball and put on a small bandage to keep it from chafing from my shirt while I slept.
Right now, a day later, it looks like it's scabbing. I 'cleaned' it again today with another swipe of ACV and it stung, but subsided.
I don't know what'll happen, or if it'll grow back, so we'll see, but I would rather have this scab than that itchy nasty raised mole!
I did not do what most have done, which is to leave the cotton ball on for days; I just literally rubbed the mole off in minutes. Not sure if that would work for everyone.
Good luck to you!
(N/a, Gr)
12/16/2009
Apple Cider Vinegar
★★★★★
(Niceville, Fl)
01/22/2010
Since childhood each year I get more and more freckles. I love the sun and live in Florida and until finding coconut oil this winter rarely ever use lotion/sunscreen. I can't stand the feel of them.
For freckles: I have been using coconut oil topically and turmeric in homemade capsules for other reasons but have noticed...the turmeric will even out skin tone nicely, even acne redness. Due to the healing properties in the coconut oil some of the clusters of freckles did kinda scab over then healed leaving lightened freckles or no freckles at all. I watched these spots but after the scab fell off I could not even tell where they were. If this was cancerous I am not worried b/c of the coconut oil healing properties. Far as i'm concerned it is healed/detoxed and I no longer have to worry about it.
I believe that it is both these remedies together that is working on my freckles. Either way, I have less freckles and younger/healthier looking skin. I have only been using this for a few months and look forward to seeing if I can get rid of most if not all of my cute freckles. A heads up--research coconut oil first if you have never tried/heard about it. It has some fabulous cleansing properties but some people have to start slowly with its use.
Apple Cider Vinegar
★★★★★
I recently read about Castor Cream and Apple Cider Vinegar used for removing moles, so I tried one of each on two different moles on my neck.
I applied both for a couple of hours each day for about two weeks (using a soaked cotton pad of ACV, held with a bandaid, and simply applying the Castor Oil with Baking Soda on the other).
While the castor cream seems to have little effect, the ACV definitely worked. A couple of days after the tip of the mole scabbed I felt the mole with my hand, scratched it a bit and it felt as if the scab just fell off. I went to check it in the mirror to find that the whole mole itself actually fell off!
ACV definitely works for mole removal.
Apple Cider Vinegar
★★★★★
(Dubois, Pa)
10/01/2009
I've been meaning to post about melasma for awhile now, and your post reminded me to do it. Melasma can be a sign of a copper overload. I had melasma on my forehead and jaws until I added 50mg/day of Zinc Picolinate to my diet. After I did that the melasma faded away. For me, it was a completely unexpected result, but since Zinc balances Copper, my result leads me to conclude that I was too high in Copper. I had the melasma at the same time I was hypothyroid, hypoadrenal and estrogen over-loaded, all of which can lead to a build-up of Copper in the body (as I now know).
EC: Thanks Kathy! Cross-posted to the melasma page.
(Dublin, Ireland)
09/11/2010
★★★★★
Hi there. Yeah, I just want to submit my experience with this remedy. I underwent the Apple Cider Vinegar procedure as outlined by many posters on this forum
I'm at about day 3 - it does appear to work alright. I had a mole (minimally raised) on my face and it has appeared to have gone. I applied ACV to it after using an emery board to chaf it. It stings a little bit upon application. I soaked a bit of tissue and applied a plaster over it and left it on overnight. It initially turned white, then in the subsequent days it turned darker. I was worried the next day upon inspection as it appeared to grow larger - I think that might have been the ACV that might have burned the surrounding skin. So I left the plaster off for a day and just applied ACV with a cotton bud. The next day it started to scab and just came off this morning. It is a little bit pink now but the mole is gone. I've been applying Vitamin E cream to it in the meantime. Looks like it's working to calm the redness, but I can't tell just at the moment. I'll post again in a few days time to let you know of the progress. Just to say, there's no scarring as such, just a little redness. I very happy overall.
(90, Sa)
05/02/2012
Okay, so I had this stupid mole on my nose ever since childhood and was always a reason for people to pick on me and make fun of it, I have other moles on my face which don't really bother me but this one has made me sad for a long time and the only way to make it unnoticable was to use a tone of makeup on my face "it's a flat mole" but too much makeup started to make my skin even worse so I decided to remove it myself after I read this thread.
Okay so I did the needle scratch then ACV method but always ended up burning the skin around the mole because the mole itself is small "yet too noticable due to it's place on top of my nose" so I couldn't use a bandage I just hold a q-tip soaked in ACV press it to the mole for 20 mins, I did that for three days straight, then I stopped yesterday because I didn't want to keep getting the skin around burnt, especially I go to school and it's become harder to hide the area with makeup because of the burn, it's not a bad burn but again because of it's place it's very noticable, so anyway yesterday the mole was really dry and the mole itself was split in half so I decided I have to just pluck it out, obviously I wasn't supposed to but I was so fed up with the mole and so I plucked out the first half, it was all gone, but when I did to the other half it looks like something is left, there's a really tiny curve-line of a brown shade "much brighter than the mole's color" I'm not sure because the area is still burnt, I was wondering if I should do the same ACV process again on that line, just to make sure the mole wont come back, or if that line will fade once the burnt area is healed, I'm still waiting to see how it will look when it heals, then I'll decide...
(Dublin)
07/31/2012
Apple Cider Vinegar
★★★☆☆
BETTER BUT WITH SIDE EFFECTS
Please help!
(Deep In The South, Louisiana)
10/22/2009
★★★★★
I had a good size mole on my right temple. Mine also seemed to swell or enlarge and turn lighter in color before scabbing and falling off. I did not do the bandaid route, instead I went in the bathroom several times a day and held ACV to the mole via a q-tip. It took almost two weeks, but it is totally gone tonight! I did finally "scratch" the area before applying the AVC and this sped things up. I had people left and right telling me to "have that thing removed!" I am so happy to say...the mole/wart is gone! I used tweezers to remove the scabbing....as the edges would darken I would peel them off....the mole shrunk and finally tonight came off. Hang in there! I hope this helps!!
(Auh, Uae)
09/04/2010
Hello People,
I just got say one thing to all of you. If you want to cure your moles & warts use only Duofilm. It is a liquid you can buy from any pharmacy at your place. Use only in the area where the mole is. Don't apply on the surrounding areas. Because it is very effective from first use and you can feel the pain as soon as you apply to the mole. So apply carefully. I have cured 7 moles in 4 days. So you can imagine how effective it could be. One last secret I would like to share with you all. Even the moles specialist doctors uses the same liquid to cure moles and charge huge amount for the treatment. Later
AMAN
Apple Cider Vinegar
★★★★★
I started this on Sunday afternoon. I used one of those cotton rounds that you usually use to take off nail polish with. I folded it into quarters, put it over the top of my acv bottle and put some on it much like when I put nail polish remover on it. I then took a slightly larger bandaid and this little triangle fit perfectly on the center of it. Put it on my back and let it do it's work. I changed it again before I went to bed, and took it off when I woke up, and kept on going. The only time that I went without it was when I went somewhere, and as soon as I got home, I reapplied.
It's now Wednesday evening, and the mole is virtually gone. It's been painless. I have a little red mark where the scab fell off, but it is soooo much better have this irritating little mole driving me nuts when my shirt rubs on it or while trying to sleep. I have had no burning of the skin whatsoever. I imagine some are much more sensitive to things, but I've never had issues like that. I'm so happy this worked, because iodine is not an option for me since I am allergic to it. The only thing about it is that acv has a strong smell and my husband thought it was hilarious that I smelled like salt and vinegar potato chips. HA!
I have a couple of more moles that I want to try this one, but will wait until I get back home after being gone this coming weekend. I'm still leery about trying to do one on my face, but I think I'll try that as well. :) I also used a cheap store brand bottle of acv.
(Lakeland, Florida)
10/13/2009
★☆☆☆☆
WARNING!
To the person who had the itchy mole, before they started the AVC treatment. You should still go to a dermatologist and have the spot where the mole was checked. As you said the mole seemd to come out of no where and itched. Its not usually a good sign when a mole start to itch all by itself. It could be turning into melanoma. Its better to be safe than sorry and have suspicious itchy, bleeding or irregular colored moles checked out by a dermatologist as soon as these symptoms appear. As melanoma is an aggressive cancer.
Apple Cider Vinegar
★★★☆☆
BETTER BUT WITH SIDE EFFECTS
Apple Cider Vinegar
Apple Cider Vinegar
★★★★★
But before i applied the vingear, btw i used normal white vingear that was the only 1 at my house at the time. So basically i cut my moles quite alot using a scissor untill they were bleeding... your probably wondering how i cut them up.. but basically how i cut them was using EMLA cream 5mg, its basically a local anaesthesia cream which is available from chemists without prescription :D:D. I applied it onto my moles for 1 hour, untill the moles and skin around the moles got numb and then i cut them up abit with a scissor.
Once that was done i got a bottle of vinegar, took the cap off... and held the entire bottle of vingear on each of my moles for about 20mins each it burnt abit but the vinger penetrated the moles straight away coz the moles were cut up :D. in about 7 hours i noticed the moles went black but were still abit soft... then about 24 hours later they became hard and scabby... i didnt peel them at all.
4 days later whilst applying vaseline the mole scabs were healing up and then it just peeled right off! a slight pinkish scar but u cant even notice it honestly.... its the best method to be honest!!! and u dnt have the headache of using a bandaid everyday...!
btw i only used the vinegar for 20mins! and that was it... i didnt even need to use a bandaid and soaked cotton wool for 1week like the rest of the people here...
Apple Cider Vinegar
★★★★★
(Phenix City, Alabama)
08/25/2009
Apple Cider Vinegar
★★★★★
(Baton Roiuge, Louisiana, Usa)
05/01/2011
... I came on line in search of a remedy to the moles I have on my face. So I am into day 2 with the use of ACV.... I coat the surrounding skin real well with thick coats of Vaseline to protect. But so far I see a darkening of the moles. I have 3 flattened moles near my cheeks, several smaller ones the size of a pen point (those I can live with). But I am so hoping this works, I had them once laser removed but they returned. So I will be posting my progression with ACV.
Apple Cider Vinegar
★★★★★
Apple Cider Vinegar
★★★★★
Apple Cider Vinegar
★★★★★
Apple Cider Vinegar
★★★★☆
Can I remove my other mole by doing this process SLOWlY, (like maybe weeks or months depending) and only dab it in the daytime when I am awake and can continue wetting my mole with ACV ? Can I also do this on a FLAT MOLE without getting a scar ? Help pls ? Has anyone tried this on a small flat mole, and was not scarred ??? Thanks in advance ! xD