Bear in mind that these remarks refer to the treatment of benign nevi. In no way would we recommend such treatment for dysplastic nevi or other atypical melanocytic lesions.

About 1 in 1,000 babies are born with medium-sized nevi. Giant congenital melanocytic nevi are rare, occurring in 1 in 20,000 infants. The garment-like variant similar to Aste is even more uncommon.

Melanocytic nuclear atypia is another criteria of dysplastic nevi, but such can occur with junctional, congenital, and Spitz nevi. For good reason, most dermatopathologists state that dysplastic ...