With skin lesion excision, patients should be warned about the following
- Risk of bleeding
- Risk of infection
- Risk of wound dehiscence
- Risk of nerve damage
- Risk of recurrence of lesion; possibility of incomplete excision
- Risk of scarring; hypertrophic scarring
- Risk of adverse reaction to local anaesthetic; inadvertent intravenous administration of local anaesthetic
If you are not comfortable and confident to perform the procedure don’t. Refer them.