Westchester Mole Removal doctors
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Channing R. Barnett, MD
New York Dermatologist
163A East 70th St., New York |
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Neal Goldberg, MD
Westchester Plastic Surgeon
495 Central Park Avenue Suite 305B, Scarsdale |
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Alison Stallings, MD
Tarrytown Dermatologic Surgeon
150 White Plains Rd Ste 210, Tarrytown |
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Robert H. Gotkin, MD
Manhattan Plastic Surgeon
625 Park Avenue, New York |
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Grigoriy Mashkevich, MD
Manhattan Facial Plastic Surgeon
1430 2nd Ave Suite 110, New York |
Recent Answers
Hello, I went to a plastic surgeon to see my mole and he suggested me to remove it by excision. I am worried about the recovery time because I dont want to go to my job with a big cut. My mole isn't big , its medium size and its in my face. How much time will it needs to heal? What will be the size of the wound after the surgery? Bigger than my mole?
These are all great questions and ones which you should ask to the physician who excises the mole. The face, unlike other areas of the body, heals fairly well and stitches can be removed 7 days after an excision. They size of the wound is usually a little longer than the mole itself and will appear as a line of stitches. We have great bandage materials at our fingertips and thus are able to create very comfortable, effective, cosmetically-tolerable bandages. Every physicians has different bandage and wound care techniques and recommendations and I am sure your physicians will discuss them with you.
How serious is it? Should i get surgery for it?
For all moles that have moderate to severe atypia I recommend an excision with sutures to achieve clear margins. I also recommend that patients with a history of atypical moles do full body skin examinations every six months at a minimum. A board-certified dermatologist will best be able to take care of the excision (surgery) and perform your twice yearly full body skin examinations. The good news is that once this mole is properly excised with clear margins, you do not need to pursue further treatment.
I had a punch biopsy done to remove a mole from my leg. The diagnosis was: "lentiginous junctional dysplastic nervus with moderate atypia, focally extending to the peripheral specimen margin". The doctor told me that the result is completely normal and that I don't need to have anything else done. Is is true that no other surgical excision is needed? Thank you very much.
In my practice, I routinely excise (cutting with sutures) a lesion (or the biopsy site of where the lesion was sampled) that histologically displays "moderate atypia" and "extends to the peripheral specimen margin." The excision should be conservative as to spare healthy tissue but adequate so as to achieve clear margins. Once a patient has a "dysplastic" or "atypical" mole, I recommend full body skin exams twice yearly (every 6 months). At this time, I suggest you consult with a well-trained, board-certified dermatologist to further treat this lesion and to do your twice yearly skin exams with.