Maintaining healthy skin involves many practices, one of which is mole removal, a procedure increasingly popular for both cosmetic and health reasons.

Medically reviewed by Brendan Camp, MD Red moles, known as cherry angiomas, are small, round, red, or purplish skin growths.

Medicare won’t cover the procedure to remove a mole for cosmetic reasons. But Medicare may cover your mole removal if a doctor working with Medicare says that you need the procedure done for ...