Incisional biopsy

A small eye-shaped piece of skin is removed. Stitches are used to close the area and you will have a small scar. The typical scar is a straight line that is around 1 to 5 millimetres depending on the size of the biopsy that is needed.

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Diagnostic excision

A lesion and a small amount of normal looking skin around it is removed. Stitches are used. You will typically have a straight-line scar that

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Curettage

The lesion is scraped off. A graze like area remains which scabs up and takes 1 to 2 weeks to heal (6 weeks on the

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