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Thanks for the responses everyone. Wanted to let y’all know that my dermatologist along with two other dermatologist opinions’ confirmed that no further excision at this time was needed due to the pathology report. The pathologist ended up clarifying that if there was high suspicion or significant clinical progression, he would need more sample. I have my piece of mind! Thanks again!

Thanks!!! Will the insurance company pay for a full excision when the pathology came back as benign? 

Thanks so much for responding. I’m so relieved it’s benign!! Why do you recommend removing it? To be safe? Anywhere else on my body I probably wouldn’t think twice- being it on my face- gives me a quick pause. 

Thank you sooo much for writing back! That Was the full report provided to me from the lab directly.

 No personal and no family history of melanoma. Some tanning as a teenager but nothing major. I’m a 30 year old Russian.

I follow up with him in 3 weeks.  

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Hi Celeste- thank you so much for your message. Very prqcefyk and good advice. 

Thanks SO much for writing back. A few questions please. 1) what kind of biopsy should I request then?? My mother in laws shave biopsies look pretty awful, but the doctor assured me it’s the ‘least invasive so therefore least scaring’  2) How did the scar heal on your nose after your melanoma surgery? 3) how long did you have the mole before getting a biopsy, and what prompted the biopsy? And 4) if the melanoma is thin and confined to the mole, and the mole is taken out, would they still need to do a wide excision? 

Got it. So if the diagnosis was melanoma, the surgeon would always go back and take out more? 

Thank you for your suggestion. Would this technique generally limit the potential for the surgeon to re-excise if the pathology showed melanoma?