mole close to the eye

Question
Hi,
I have a golden retriever aged 8 years old and recently noticed a black mole on the bottom of his eye brow area. It doesn't make me consider a lot at the beginning since it is out of the eye. However I recognized a whitish dot in his eye. The vet said this moul touches into the eye and cause irritation and the white area is because of this irritation. However, he couldn't say anything about if it affects its sight or not. He suggested to the get the moul removed. Since the mouls is close to the eye I am pretty concern about getting removed. Also, not sure if it is going to help the white area in the eye.
Also, my dog had a skin allergy on his tail like 3 years ago, and lost some hair on the tail. Lateley that area became black and looks like black bits have been spreading towards to healty areas on the tail. I tried to clean it up and found some dead mite on it. My vet said after cleaning it up it should be fine and nothing to worried about. But it makes me think maybe it is a skin diasease and what if it spreads around.
Could you please let me know what you think? Many thanks in advance.
tugba

Answer
Hi Tugba,

If your veterinarian suggested removing this mole, then you've already gotten advice from a true expert in the field! Can you imagine how uncomfortable your dog must be living with eye irritation? By nature dogs are pretty stoic about showing any kind of discomfort, but you can bet he is uncomfortable!

It sounds like the white area on your dog's is a scar caused by the irritation. Whether or not that white spot goes away after removal of the mole doesn't matter. It's a cosmetic blemish, what matters is your dog will feel better once this mole removed.

Regarding your dog's black skin, you didn't say what kind of mites were found, or what kind of soap or shampoo you're using to clean the area.
Without knowing what you're dealing with, I can't recommend any home treatments, though I can tell you that mites require more than cleaning to kill them. There are specific medications to use, depending on which kind of mites have been found. If you're not seeing improvement in your dog's skin, talk to your vet about medication for whichever kind of mites were found.

If you'd like to get back to me with answers to the questions I've asked, I might be able to offer more in the way of suggestions.

Best of luck,

Patti