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Originally Posted by kaydee
My husband sees a dermatologist once a year which I don't disagree with but EVERY time he goes the dr finds several suspicious somethings so a biopsy is done. My question is, do those of you who see a dermatologist have the same situation? I'm just wondering if my husbands Dr happens to be either overly cautious or removes something just for the sake of removing. Yes there has been a few times in the past 10 yrs that the results were positive & necessary treatment was done but most of the time the results are negative. Another question I have is, if there is in fact something that needs attention and it happens to be a spot that is teeny tiny does that spot need attention immediately or can it wait a yr or two? Appreciate your input.
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Some forms of Skin Cancer can spread very quickly and are much harder ro treat once they have spread. If your husband has had positive results on his biopsy, he has a greater risk of having another positive, so your doctor will tend to be more concerned if he sees a suspicious spot.
My husband and I go to the same doctor. They have never done a biopsy on my husband. He usually has to have a lot of spots frozen off, but no biopsy. I, on the other hand, very rarely have any spots to be frozen off, but have had several biopsies and 4 surgeries. I just had a pre-melanoma mole removed in the end of July. It was a mole that I never even noticed but was picked up on a routine doctor's visit. I'm glad that my doctor found it and removed it.