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Mole repigmented after shave biopsy a month ago?
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Mole repigmented after shave biopsy a month ago?

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    • January 7, 2014 at 6:15 am
    mikvahnrose
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      I got a shave biopsy of a suspicious mole about a month ago. December 2nd

      The results came back that it was a Benign Compound Melanocytic Nevus. Read by a dermatopathologist so it makes me feel more confortable that it is not cancerous.

      Well i now know that the mole wasnt cancerous, but within a month it has reappeared!!! Not the same size as it was before, it's smaller, but it came back. Is that normal?? Is that a concern that i should get it checked out again?

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        • January 7, 2014 at 2:39 pm
        Janner
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          This is one of the disadvantages of having a shave biopsy.  It often doesn't remove the entire lesion and thus allows the possibility that it might grow back.  So now you have a benign lesion growing back where the original lesion was.  Since the first biopsy was benign, this is probably the same.  Pathology is always harder to read when it involves scar tissue.  I know my melanoma specialist would remove the lesion – anything that grows back is removed.  But since the original lesion was benign, it's probably one of those things that different doctors would treat different ways.  Some would remove it, others would say it is fine.  I'd talk to your doctor and go with your gut.

          Best wishes,

          Janner

          • January 7, 2014 at 2:39 pm
          Janner
          Participant

            This is one of the disadvantages of having a shave biopsy.  It often doesn't remove the entire lesion and thus allows the possibility that it might grow back.  So now you have a benign lesion growing back where the original lesion was.  Since the first biopsy was benign, this is probably the same.  Pathology is always harder to read when it involves scar tissue.  I know my melanoma specialist would remove the lesion – anything that grows back is removed.  But since the original lesion was benign, it's probably one of those things that different doctors would treat different ways.  Some would remove it, others would say it is fine.  I'd talk to your doctor and go with your gut.

            Best wishes,

            Janner

            • January 7, 2014 at 2:39 pm
            Janner
            Participant

              This is one of the disadvantages of having a shave biopsy.  It often doesn't remove the entire lesion and thus allows the possibility that it might grow back.  So now you have a benign lesion growing back where the original lesion was.  Since the first biopsy was benign, this is probably the same.  Pathology is always harder to read when it involves scar tissue.  I know my melanoma specialist would remove the lesion – anything that grows back is removed.  But since the original lesion was benign, it's probably one of those things that different doctors would treat different ways.  Some would remove it, others would say it is fine.  I'd talk to your doctor and go with your gut.

              Best wishes,

              Janner

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