Whether it’s a punch biopsy, excisional biopsy ... Using the right creams and ointments can significantly reduce the ...

March 26, 2010 — Radial scars after breast biopsy should prompt surgical excision to exclude malignancy, according to the results of a retrospective record review reported in the April issue of ...

Shave biopsies do not usually need stitches, while punch, excisional ... You should expect a small scar from the biopsy. The tissue is processed, and a pathologist examines the skin biopsy ...

Careful technique is necessary to achieve a cosmetically acceptable linear scar and ... shave or punch biopsy. When there is a high clinical suspicion of cancer, an elliptical excision may serve ...

If you had an excisional biopsy, you'll have a scar shaped like a straight line. Scars are rare following a punch biopsy. There may be some minimal bleeding, and in rare cases a minor infection ...

"Too many women are still having excisional biopsies rather than ... typically detected by a mammogram. A surgical biopsy, which leaves a scar, requires an inch-long incision, stitches and often ...