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It would depend. I would ask your Dr. Silicone based scar gels with growth factors would be beneficial to use at this time. Also protect your face from the sun and use skin protection. Best, Dr. Emer
There are no hard and fast rules regarding bandage after mole removal on the face. The easiest thing to do is to call the office where it was performed and confirm their preferred aftercare. The most important thing to do is to clean it 1-2 times daily and to keep it moist with an ointment like vaseline, aquaphor, or polysporin (often doctors have their own preference).
Depending on where a mole is and how it is removed, I sometimes recommend a bandage, and other times I don't. Keeping the wound slightly moist is the most important thing to do, as well as not picking the scab, and making sure it doesn't get infected (e.g. don't touch with dirty hands). Generally on the face I do not have my patients wear a bandage. When I do, it is for 1 week.
Thank you for your question. I recommend consulting with an ophthalmologist, an eye surgeon, to have your lesion evaluated and to discuss treatment options that best suit your needs. Take care and good luck.
You are still healing in your postop photo. But in general, burning of moles is not preferred for two reasons.1st)moles extend down through the full thickness skin, so this would require burning the full thickness skin in order to completely eradicate them, which could result in scarring; this...
For a shave excision this can be normal healing. However, with redness around the edges, it may be infected. You should follow up with your physician as soon as possible so he or she can examine the wound and determine if antibiotics would be appropriate.