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If you rub off a melanoma mole. would the area heal or not ?
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If the "mole" was a melanoma, it would recur and spread to other sites as well.
Answered 6/29/2021
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no, and you can't "rub off " melanoma, it needs excision
Answered 6/28/2021
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