I've had three mildly atypical moles removed by excision surgery. Margins clear. Just wondering, is it often that moles come back? I understand they come back from a shave biopsy but for excision surgeries that went down to the fat tissue are they likely to come back under the scar? Thank you.
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The lip mole and scar can be surgically excised with layered closure in order to optimize the scar. I would perform this under local anesthesia in my Los Angeles plastic surgery office.
I would highly recommend that you see a board certified dermatologist or facial plastic surgeon for an evaluation and possible treatment. The mole should be biopsied prior to doing any laser on it.
The cortisone injection may cause some discoloration to the treated area, but this should last for only a period of time. Overall the cortisone injection should make the scar look better, this may take about one month.
