I have two moles on my face removed a week ago, and they aren't looking great. The doctor was very unprofessional. For aftercare, all he told me was to let it dry out to form a scab. I also asked him when I could go swimming again, and he said 'Tomorrow'. He initially told me he was going to suture them after excision, but instead cauterized both of them. I've been keeping them bandaged and moist with polysporin and occasionally coconut oil. Please adivse.
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Although removing moles by any method from the face is likely to leave a small scar, scalpel sculpting, which involves no deep cutting or stitches has, in my experience, proven quite successful for achieving gratifying aesthetic results while leaving little, or often barely perceptible, scars...
I frequently remove moles on the eyebrow using an elliptical shaped excision with a layered suture closure using both dissolving and non-dissolving sutures. The resulting thin, linear scar is hidden within the hairs and there should not be a bald spot.
