I had a mole excision mid November with five stitches (two deep dissolving). Stitches were removed ten days later and since end of November I have developed a scab that's still there (lower back) and I am not sure if it's normal. I thought that after removing stitches there should only be a red or pink ish healing skin that I can treat right away with vaseline to minimise scarring but as the scab appeared I understand I can't use it until the scab is gone. Is it something to worry about?
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This could easily be a benign growth such as a mole or a cyst but to be safe, you should be carefully evaluated by a
board certified dermatologist. It would be an extremely simple five minute procedure for a dermatologist to remove this growth using a "shave" technique which typically leaves a...
Excising your mole would be very easy to undergo under local and cost is roughly $85 for the visit, $250-350 for the removal and $50 for the path on it. Sincerely,David Hansen,MD
Moles (nevi) that have been examined pathologically and deemed “benign” may still repopulate in the area of a biopsy months or years later. That does NOT mean that the mole is now cancerous, it’s just recurrent. Remember, it only takes a few nevus cells (melanocytes) left behind to entir...
