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Jul 22, 2014
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docrick
RE: Question about melanoma/mole removal
dermatologists don't do a bad job if the excision including margins isn't overly large. IMO you are right if the excised lesion plus margins are large enough to require flaps to close the wound without tension
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Question about melanoma/mole removal
txcougar
7/22/14 4:42pm
Most dermatologists are pretty good at minimizing scarring...
bluecheese
7/22/14 4:47pm
Our plastic surgeons do frozen sections when excising melanoma for sure
docrick
7/22/14 4:59pm
Sure. If your insurance will cover it
HuskerFan2
7/22/14 4:54pm
That's exactly what is happening.
txcougar
7/22/14 5:00pm
It's not that they didn't do it right
TN_Coug
7/22/14 5:03pm
Why is having to do it twice "exactly right"?
txcougar
7/22/14 5:04pm
Because you have to make sure you have clear margins around what is cut out
docrick
7/22/14 5:06pm
Because they want you to live longer than 5 years.
TN_Coug
7/22/14 5:07pm
RE: Question about melanoma/mole removal
docrick
7/22/14 4:58pm
When it comes to melanoma, I want a big, gaping hole.
babybroker
7/22/14 5:10pm
RE: When it comes to melanoma, I want a big, gaping hole.
bluecheese
7/22/14 5:43pm
Yup. They just put a big gaping hole in me. Scary stuff.
babybroker
7/22/14 8:48pm
A dermatologist removes moles. When pathology comes back positive for melanoma
Hank Rearden
7/22/14 5:58pm
mine are 4" as well. but 6"? wow. glad you're ok.
babybroker
7/22/14 8:56pm
6" is on my chest, a 2.5 cm clearance needed. Stage 1b melanoma
Hank Rearden
7/22/14 11:09pm
Sure changes your outlook on things huh?
babybroker
7/22/14 11:55pm
Now 3 1/2 years post surgery--every 6 months, for life
Hank Rearden
7/23/14 9:52am
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