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From mole to scar: the unintended consequence of treatment with an over-the-counter mole removal cream
Tara Bronsnick1, A Yasmine Kirkorian2, Irfan Khan2
1Department of Dermatology, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, USA. tarabronsnick@gmail.com
Abstract:
A 26-year-old man presented with a scar at the site of a pigmented lesion treated with DermaTend (Solace Interntational, Inc., Reno, NV), an over-the-counter mole removal cream. According to the patient, the pigmented lesion had been present since childhood, was asymptomatic, and had not changed in appearance. It remained cosmetically displeasing to him. In an effort to remove the lesion, he had applied DermaTend on a daily basis for several weeks, at which point he noticed a scar at the site of treatment.
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