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What is a mole that's peeling off called?

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Dr. Sheila Calderon answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

See your doctor: If you have been picking you will want your doctor to inspect it, remove it and send for biopsy if she thinks it is suspicious. If the mole has changed you need your doctor to check and recommend removal and biopsy.

Answered 9/16/2013

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