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Discolouration after cryotherapy, will it go away? Is there any way to fix this? I really just wanted the mole off (photo)

nk014914Jun 20, 2019
About a year ago I developed a mole by my eye, I never had one (was a very tiny dot) so it makes me very self conscious. A derm tried scraping but it came back so a Gen. practitioner tried cryotherapy. I really regret it now bc the mole came back and now the skin is discolored. Will it go away? It’s been 5 months now, as a kid I had it done on my hand but deeply and it faded completely after 1 1/2 years. Is there any way to fix this? I really just wanted the mole off, or at least reduced to a dot.

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Dr. Amy Y. Paul, DO, FAAD
Dermatologic Surgeon, Board Certified in Dermatology
Answered on Jun 25, 2019
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