I’ve had cryotherapy on some moles and I’m not happy with the result. I went to a dermatologist to see if I can get them surgically removed and he said that I should wait for my moles to grow back/go back to how they were before cryotherapy. Can my moles go back to how they were? And if so how long could this take and are there ways of making my moles come back quicker?
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