Went to my dermatologist and had a mole frozen. Why does it look bigger?

May 3, 2014
Asked By:rker321

it didn't look cancerous at all according to the PA that was doing the body scan, I requested the mole to be taken off. and she froze it. It's been about two weeks, and there is no scab but the mole now looks all black and to me bigger. what is going on

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