Anyone know of any places where I can get rid of some beauty spots safely and effectively, without any scars or blemishes afterwards? I am planning to check out a dermatologist on this, but I'd thought that I post this question up (in case someone have good recommendations).

I heard that the best way is to get them lasered off.

I heard some stories that if done improperly, pits can form on the part where the beauty spot has been removed (kinda like craters on a moon, if you know what I mean --- hope this is a good enough analogy). I wonder if laser will cause this problem at all...

Taila, I had a couple little spots lasered, and we actually do get little indents in the skin- that's because when they laser, they kinda.. burn off the skin (kinda freaky i know) but the person i went to told me that with proper care, the skin evens out over time (many months though )

how painful is it actually?

I've done it before. It kinda stung when they lazered it off..but it only lasts 1 second at the longest.
Unfortunetly..not all of them healed completly perfectly. There's a bit of uneven skin if you look closely on mine. =/

my bro got it lasered about 4-5 years ago. theres still a scar and its slightly lighter than his skin color. yeah you should see a dermatologist before you get it done. some people cant handle it. see what your skin type can handle.

i've had a few moles removed from my face before ......it wasn't really laser though ......kinda more like electrolysis (sp?). it was just a quick few seconds zap on the surface of the skin where the mole is & after a week or two new skin grows and the mole just falls off. some moles have deeper roots & you'll have to go back and zap it again if it doesn't fall off the first time. it was quite fun actually . i like it better now, the face appears more clean-looking without all those lil black spots all over the face.

Yeah, I've heard of that too. Unfortunately, they cannot do anything if the mole is over a certain size (like several of mine that I've had since birth). I think it has to do with the fact that they are worried that the mole may actually be cancerous. Definitely check out a dermetologist first. It's your skin, and you'll have to live in it for the rest of your life!!

i've gotten it done twice already for various things
like freckles, it fricken hurt like getting whipped in the face for like a second. but they didn't leave any indents or scars on my face.
if the spots take up a substantial sized area, but like it's not that dark, dermatologists sometimes just prescribe a whitening cream for you to put on the spots- it takes longer and more patience but it's cheaper and less invasive.

i had a teacher get it lasered off.. her birthmark/mole took up almost half of her face (literally) and then the next week there was this huge dent where her birthmark/mole used to be..the dent's still there and now its all red.

my mom lasered them off 2 years ago. and then after she uses some kind of face wash/ lotion and it helps . theres not marks or anything and doesnt really hurt