Skin Lesion

[Dr Anton Alexandroff]

Dear Angus,

thank you for your email. I strongly recommend that a diagnosis should be made first before one attempts to treats it.

A GP or a dermatologist should examine a lesion to make a diagnosis. I am afraid it is not enough to know whether the lesion is brown or not.

If the lesion is thought to be a melanoma it should be excised entirely, however if the lesion is not thought to be a melanoma, a diagnostic biopsy is usually sufficient ( a punch or an incisional biopsy depending on a nature of a lesion).

I hope this is helpful.
With best wishes,

Dr Anton Alexandroff PhD MRCP(UK) FAAD FRSM
Consultant Dermatologist
Member of the British Association of Dermatologists
University Hospitals of Leicester, Spire and Nuffield Leicester Hospitals
www.alexandroff.org.uk
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