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[QUOTE]Originally posted by LOA: [QB] Yay for mole removals! I had one a few years ago... the scar is horrendous - not as bad as the biopsy results though were though - glad we got that one when we did. I cut out the daily trips to the tanning beds after that.... ;) I just had my yearly appt with the dermo a few weeks ago, and after all of the poking, prodding, and picture taking (including a borderline pornographic one of a mole on my side that I was topless for - my aunt is convinced it's on the net somewhere already...) there were no "problem areas" to be found in the cancer realm. Woot! I did have a dermafibroma removed from my ankle though because it rubbed on my shoe and bothered me. In retrospect, I should have left it there. I was better off before. After finding out that hard was during "surgery" that it's not just dental anesthetics that I'm immune to (OUCH!) and making life hard for the doc in that respect, the wound is just NOT healing well.... even with careful cleaning and maintenance, it managed to get infected, and it kept splitting open in between the stitches every time I took a step. Ugh. I got the stitches out yesterday (5 of them for an itty bitty little thing - doc sure was thorough! :rolleyes: ), after 12 days, and the entire top layer of stitches did nothing - the whole thing just opened up. Thankfully, the bottom layer did what they were supposed to do (that's ANOTHER 5 stitches for a bump smaller than a pencil eraser), so it's not a gaping bloody mess (sorry for the imagery...) but they ended up gluing the skin together and putting some stupid sticky bandage on that's supposed to hold my skin tight for 7-10 days. It had come off by the time I woke up this morning. I guess 7-10 days is the glass half-full estimation :p So now I'm using butterfly bandages on it instead and hoping for the best. What got me though what when said to the nurse yesterday, all non-chalantly, 'cause I'm not stupid, "This is going to scar pretty badly, huh?" and she says "Oh, no... you'll hardly be able to see it!" Right. Hello! The wound has been healing for 12 days and it's not healing TOGETHER. It's completely split open AND it's already raised. In the best case scenario, there's going to be a scar. :rolleyes: Anyway, it's just my ankle, so I'm not too worried about it. I don't have a foot fetish, and neither does Scott ;) Now that the stitches are out, at least it doesn't hurt - the stitches were a killer 'cause they kept pulling with each step. I'm just more irritated that the nurse didn't say to me "Yep, you're gonna have a scar. Sorry, sweety..." Not big on sugar coating at this point in my life :p Here's to a surgery-free appointment for you this time through, HopefulNebula! Keep us updated!!!! :) ~Liz [/QB][/QUOTE]
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