An excision of skin lesion involves the removal of a sore or growth (a lesion) from the skin and joing the skin together. Removing a skin lesion may employ a variety of techniques, from relatively simple biopsies to more complex surgical excisions, to remove lesions that range from benign growths to malignant melanoma. Sometimes the purpose of skin lesion removal is to excise an unsightly mole or other cosmetically unattractive skin growth. Other times, physicians will remove a skin lesion to make certain it is not cancerous, and, if it proves cancerous, to prevent its spread to other parts of the body. Most of the procedures are not highly invasive and, frequently, can be well tolerated by young and old patients, as well as those with other medical conditions.