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Procedure / technique
Curettage
Removal of superficial lesions with a fine-edged instrument (a curette), under local anaesthetic — useful for seborrhoeic keratoses, molluscum and other raised lesions.
It usually leaves a superficial erosion that heals within a few days.
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