My doctor was lazy and now i suffer for it, what can i do?

Question

I had an appointment with my doctor to have a mole cut out of my back, as they thought it could turn cancerous. I also had a skintag on my back, which my mother had just the day before mostly cut off with a pair of scissors, she had cut basically almost all of it off, a little bit was left hanging, i was expecting it to drop off.

After the operation, my doctor told me he had also cut out the skintag, i thought hmm ok, he must have dealt with the last little bit of it. My girlfriend watched him do the op, she said he used a little sharp scoop thing to basically "dig out" the mole from my skin, and he used this same instrument on my skintag, which left me with a hole in my flesh - he also burned the wound to seal it with a hot iron.

It was a simple little skintag, that had almost been fully cut off, it was barely even attached to my skin by a small thread. Why did he feel the need to dig it out of my skin? Now i may scar. What can i do? I am most angry about this.

Answer 1

A skin tag is like a tree. You can cut it down but if you don't get the "root" it will grow back. I had several removed last year on my neck and they all left little scars. But they look alot better than a skin tag.

Answer 2

If it was a simple little skintag, why are you so angry about this? Any scar would be so small that nobody is going to notice. Your doctor saw this skintag hanging and did you a favor by removing it. The title of your question is misleading. I don't get how you think he was "lazy", nor do I see you suffering in any way.

Answer 3

http://www.medicinenet.com/skin_tag/article.htm

You're wrong, skintags don't have roots, and this website here clearly states the methods of which they are removed, usually by tieing something around them to cut of the circulation of blood, so it drops off, or by cutting it of with a sharp object like a knife or scissors, or freeze burning it of with liquid nitrogen.

I've gotten rid of large skintags on myself before by having them cut off with scissors, they don't grow back.

Answer 4

Put Allo Vera or Vitimen E Cream on the wound every few hours....it will help reduce the scarring.

Answer 5

Go ahead and sue, I'm sure the judge will be impressed with your extensive training in dermatatology.

Answer 6

Well because he never asked you if it was ok or have you sign a release stating to remove it, you can file malpractice.