A little over a week ago I used a mole removal cream to get rid of a flat mole I had on my nose. It took 3 overnight applications to scab. I put antibiotic ointment on the scab whenever I could. The scab fell off after 4 days and the new skin did look healthy, but there was an dent left. I put on ointment and a bandaid whenever I go out in the hot sun. Today it looks like a small indentation that is still pink.
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I typically remove sutures of the face at 5 days after the procedure. You are correct that 14 days is a long time!Definitely check in with your surgeon about when he/she actually wants to see you back.
Hi, clearly the mole was removed via shave biopsy. Hopefully, the sample was sent to pathology and was determined to be "benign". Many time you will experience post operative hyper-pigmentation as a side effect of the biopsy. In this case, in order to get all the dark pigmentation removed, you...