Mr. Onur Gilleard
Qualifications & Experience
Mr Onur Gilleard is a distinguished consultant plastic surgeon on the GMC specialist register. He previously held an NHS consultant post at St Bartholomew’s Hospital in London, specialising in skin cancer and microsurgical reconstruction. In 2021, Mr Gilleard transitioned from the NHS to dedicate himself fully to private practice, allowing him to focus exclusively on providing personalised, high-quality care to his patients. He is recognised as an expert in laser treatments, having conducted research and developed advanced treatment protocols using cutting-edge laser technology to optimise both clinical outcomes and cosmetic results.
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Yes — several moles can be removed in a single session, and for many patients that is the most convenient and cost-effective approach. The practical limits are how the wounds are distributed (so healing is comfortable) and whether any need different methods. Each mole is assessed individually first, because removal method depends on the mole, not on doing them in bulk. At London Skin Clinic the first mole is £350 and each additional mole removed the same visit is £200, with histology £180 where indicated.
How Many Can Be Removed at Once?
There is no fixed maximum, but in practice the number is guided by comfort and healing rather than an arbitrary cap. Removing several small moles in one visit is routine. The main considerations are spacing the wounds so they do not pull on one another, keeping total local-anaesthetic dose within safe limits, and making aftercare manageable. Your surgeon will advise whether to do them all together or stage them.
Why Each Mole Is Assessed Individually
Bulk removal never means skipping assessment. Each mole is examined on its own merits — a clearly benign cosmetic mole may be shaved, while one with any suspicious feature must be fully excised and sent for analysis. The aim is that no changing or atypical mole is removed without the laboratory check that confirms what it was. If you are unsure which of yours need attention, our cornerstone guide on spotting a suspicious mole helps you prioritise.
Which Moles Should Not Simply Be Removed
A mole that is changing or looks atypical should not be lasered or shaved away for convenience — it should be excised so it can be examined. Equally, if you have many moles, removing them all is rarely the right answer; mole mapping to monitor them is usually wiser than wholesale removal, which would leave many scars without reducing risk.
What Sets the Practical Limit
There is no fixed maximum, and a number given before an examination would be invented. Three things decide it in practice.
- Total local anaesthetic dose
- Each site needs infiltrating, and the total is capped by body weight. This is usually the binding constraint when someone wants a large number taken in one sitting, and it is a safety limit rather than a scheduling one.
- Wound tension at the sites involved
- Wounds on the back, shoulder and chest sit under the most mechanical load and spread the most. Several closures across a single high-tension area heal less predictably than the same wounds spaced across two visits — and since the aftercare instruction is to avoid gym, lifting and stretching for two weeks, clustering them also concentrates that restriction.
- Whether any lesion needs excision rather than shave
- A raised, clearly benign mole taken by shave leaves no sutures and heals quickly. A pigmented lesion with a diagnostic question is excised whole with a 2 mm margin and closed with sutures. A list of ten that turns out to include three of the second kind is a different appointment from a list of ten of the first.
The honest version of the answer is that a realistic number is agreed at the consultation, after each lesion has been examined with dermoscopy, rather than booked in advance from a count.
Where This Is Done
Multiple mole removal is carried out at 101 Harley Street and at the St Albans clinic in Hertfordshire, at the same prices. If your reason for wanting several removed is that you have a lot of moles generally, rather than a few specific ones bothering you, the more useful service may be photographic surveillance instead of removal — that is carried out at Harley Street only.
Cost of Removing Several Moles
Pricing is per mole, which makes a multi-mole session economical:
- Initial consultation: £100
- First mole removed: £350
- Each additional mole, same visit: £200
- Histological analysis (where indicated): £180
You will be given the full cost for your specific plan before anything goes ahead. See the mole removal guide for method details, or book an assessment.
Frequently Asked Questions
- How many moles can be removed in one appointment?
- There is no fixed limit; several small moles are routinely removed in one visit. The number is guided by spacing the wounds for comfortable healing and keeping the local-anaesthetic dose safe. Your surgeon will advise whether to remove them all at once or in stages.
- Should I just have all my moles removed to be safe?
- No. Removing every mole leaves multiple scars without lowering melanoma risk, because new lesions can still arise. For people with many moles, structured monitoring such as mole mapping is the recommended approach, with removal reserved for moles that are changing or suspicious.
- How much does it cost to remove several moles?
- At London Skin Clinic the consultation is £100, the first mole is £350 and each additional mole removed in the same visit is £200, with histological analysis £180 where indicated. You are given the full cost for your plan before proceeding.
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