his is obtained by looking at the structure of the skin under the microscope after the cells have been stained with special coloured dyes. Excision of skin lesions - A common reason why skin lesions are excised, is to fully remove skin cancers such as basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma or melanoma. If the cancer is not cut out it may spread to the surrounding skin and to other parts of the body (etastasise). Curettage & cautery - Curettage and cautery or electrosurgery is a…