As I have grown older, my body has begun to take on the shape and appearance of my late father. This includes several dark but not raised moles on his arms and back.

Recenly, my wife remarked the two on my back are more noticable. Not that they are raised but they are bit darker than before. I do not expose my back to the sun, since I've been a teen, and yes, I did have a bad sunburn on the shoulders at age 31 in Utah... but it was not in the area where the dark spots (I hesitate to call them moles) are.

I asked my doctor about them during another visit, and he said he has a skin specialty...and that he knows for sure that these are not the type that I need to worry about. Period.
However, after additional nagging from my wife, and my mentioning them again to him, he has made a snap decision to remove them.
I'd like some feedback from those of you who have had spots "removed" about how it felt after the procedure, and if your movents, feelings or behavior was affected. Finally, my doctor wants to cut these two spots off, but I'm wondering if it's really necessary, if he didn't decide to remove them to shut my wife up. Any comments?

Thanks in advance.