Is this a shave or hole punch?
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Is this a shave or hole punch?

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    • April 25, 2018 at 8:42 pm
    Jazzycat1126
    Participant
    I didnt ask what type of biopsy they did…but now I am nervous! Can you tell by the incision what type they did?
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      • April 25, 2018 at 10:54 pm
      Julie in SoCal
      Participant

      Looks like a punch to me.

      Juile

      • April 26, 2018 at 4:24 am
      jennunicorn
      Participant

      That is a very small picture, but punch biopsies almost always have a stitch in it to close it. Every one I have ever had was stitched closed. Shaves are more of an open wound that looks like a scoop was taken out of your skin. 

       

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