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I have a mole that continues to produce dead skin, it isn't raised up, im getting it checked just curious what the dead skin w/o scab indicates?
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Bet it's an SK: I'm betting this is a seborrheic keratosis and that you're taking off the keratin. These are best frozen off.
Answered 2/21/2015
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