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Small excisions may be closed with stiches, while larger excisions may require skin grafts. This picture shows the usual shape of the scar after surgery to remove a melanoma. Other ways of removing the melanoma can leave a scar shaped a little like the letter "Z" or a round scar.
Randall D. Burr, MD - Dermatology
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