Cherry angiomas, or red moles.
The small bright-red spots that appear on the trunk and arms, usually from the thirties onward. A registered nurse assesses them and manages the ones that suit cosmetic management. From $250, forty-five minutes. We don’t diagnose — anything uncertain, and anything that could be more than cosmetic, goes to a GP first.
What is a cherry angioma?
A small collection of dilated blood vessels sitting close to the surface of the skin. They read as bright red or deep crimson, usually raised slightly, most often between one and four millimetres. Most people who have one have several.
They are common, they are benign, and they become more common with age — which is why people tend to notice the first one in their thirties and then notice that more have arrived. Nothing you did caused them. They are not related to sun exposure in the way other spots are.
What this page cannot tell you is whether the spot you are looking at is one. Red marks on skin have several possible causes, some of which matter. Naming what a particular spot is, is a diagnosis, and that belongs to a doctor.
What won’t we do?
The limits are the service. Written down:
- We don’t diagnose. Naming a lesion medically is a doctor’s work, and this clinic doesn’t do it.
- We don’t treat doubt. Anything uncertain in any way goes to a GP before cosmetic management is discussed.
- We don’t work around a referral. If a GP should see it first, that’s the next step, and nothing is treated in the meantime.
- We don’t promise clearance. Some respond in one session, some need more, and some are better left alone — which the assessment says before anything begins, not after.
Anything changing, growing, bleeding, itching or new and unexplained goes to your GP — and that is true whether or not you ever come here.
Time, price, timing.
Forty-five minutes. From $250 — the price starts there and moves with the time the work takes. More than ten needs a longer appointment and is quoted before anything begins, never afterwards.
- Appointment
- 45 minutes
- Price
- From $250 · more than ten lesions is quoted first
- Booking
- Assessment first. This is not booked cold.
- Doesn’t suit
- Pregnancy and breastfeeding. Active skin infection, or impaired healing at the site. Anticoagulant medication, or a bleeding disorder. Recently tanned or sunburnt skin. A history of abnormal scarring. Darker skin types carry a higher risk of pigment change afterwards, so the nurse decides that one skin by skin. If the diagnosis is uncertain, or the spot has changed in appearance, it goes for a skin check before anything cosmetic. If you’re unsure, the assessment settles it — and anything medical belongs with your GP.
What about aftercare?
- Leave the treated spots alone. No picking, no scrubbing.
- Keep the area clean and dry, and out of the sun while it settles.
- No makeup over the sites until the surface has closed.
- A treated spot may look red, or darker than it was, or form a small scab. That is what the healing looks like.
- Let any scab lift away on its own.
- For 24–48 hours: no swimming, no sauna or spa, no heat, no vigorous exercise, and no active skincare on the area.
- SPF 50+ on the treated skin daily until it has fully healed.
- Most settle in 7–14 days. Larger ones take longer.
Follow the written instructions you’re given on the day rather than a general rule from a page. If something concerns you afterwards, ring the clinic on 0466 310 045.
Asked about cherry angiomas.
The ones that come up before booking.
What are cherry angiomas?
Small collections of dilated blood vessels sitting close to the surface of the skin, reading as bright red or deep crimson and usually one to four millimetres across. They are common and benign, they become more frequent with age, and most people who have one have several. Whether a particular spot is one is a question for a doctor, not a web page.
What causes them, and did I do something?
No. They become more common with age and there is a familial pattern, but they are not caused by anything you did or did not do, and they are not sun damage. People often arrive apologising for them, which is worth saying plainly is unnecessary.
How much does it cost to have cherry angiomas removed?
From $250 for a forty-five minute appointment at Glow Cosmetique in Springvale. The price starts there and moves with the time the work takes — more than ten lesions needs a longer appointment and is quoted before anything begins, never afterwards. Every price is published; there is no quote-on-request.
Should I see a GP first?
If the spot is changing, growing, bleeding, itching, or new and unexplained — yes, and before anything cosmetic. That is true whether or not you ever come here. If we see something at the assessment that should be looked at by a doctor, we say so and stop, and that referral is not part of what you paid for.
Will they come back?
A lesion that has been managed does not usually return in the same place, but new ones can appear elsewhere over the years — that is how they behave, and it is not a sign anything went wrong. Anyone promising you will never see another one is guessing.
Can I just book it without an assessment?
No. Something red on skin has more than one possible cause, and deciding whether it suits cosmetic management — or belongs with a doctor — is the most important part of the appointment. Booking it cold would mean deciding that in the treatment room with the instrument already out.
The spot you’ve been wondering about.
Bring it to an assessment and you will be told plainly what it suits, what it does not, and whether it should be seen by a doctor first.