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A month ago i had a small brown mole i scraped and the scrape healed but there is still a red mark and the mole grew back a bit darker. why is this?

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Dr. Darryl Blinski answered

Specializes in Plastic Surgery

Returning mole: Because the deeper dermal elements of the nevus ( mole) have been left to continue to reproduce cells. Best to have "excisional" biopsy with pathology review!

Answered 8/15/2014

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