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Is waiting 5 weeks too long to get an excision for an atypical mole moderate to severe?

jobuddyMar 12, 2017
 Or should I not b worried I basically would like to kno y the doc would wait 5 weeks if it's moderate to severe. It concerned me that they wouldn't do it right away

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