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Re-pigmentarion after excision?
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Re-pigmentarion after excision?

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    • January 6, 2020 at 4:07 pm
    Casey301
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      Hi everyone. I had a dark, oddly shaped atypical mole in March 2018. First they did a shave biopsy, it came back as a compound nevus with moderate atypia. Then, because pigment remained and I was uncomfortable with just the shave biopsy, I had a full excision. Results came back the same, a compound melanocytic nevus.

      About six months later, a brown pigment appeared over the scar of the excision. I had a shave biopsy, and the results were “epidermal hyperpigmentation above a scar, there is hyperpigmentation of the basal layer of the epidermis above a scar.”

      Now, about a year and a half after that, the pigment returned. I am confused. What is returning exactly if I had an excision? Is it a brand new pigment over the scar, that had nothing to do with the original nevus?

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        • January 6, 2020 at 6:56 pm
        JudiAU
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          I’ve had many excisions and about 20% show some regrowth. I’d assume that you are experiencing regrowth of the original Nevis.
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