Punch biopsy - Potential skin cancer..?

I used to work at a famous Cancer Center in the Operating Room. The mole removal is a simple procedure. The "punch" biopsy is a small instrument that is round and used to get a sample of the mole. The instrument is placed on the skin and pressed into the mole. You will have stitches and a bandage. It depends on how much of the area around the mole that is removed. Sometimes, they do what is called a "frozen section" but only if this procedure is being done in a hospital. In a frozen section, they send the specimen to the pathology department and they can tell in a couple minutes if it looks like cancer. If it is, they take some of the surrounding tissue. It sounds like you're having a simple biopsy and it shouldn't be a real problem. Just a couple stitches that will heal in a couple weeks. DD, RN