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Nerve biopsy test: Is it done by a neurologist or rheumatologist?
Neuropathy | Last Active: Dec 10, 2021 | Replies (222)Comment receiving replies
yes, a skin biopsy is a very quick thing -- it is NOT a surgery procedure, like if they do a liver biopsy or a breast biopsy -- the tech takes a small device and taps it on your skin and takes a piece of skin that is about 1/8 inch or less -- find another doctor!!
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Yup, I assisted in a whole lot of them and have had several myself. Very simple and very quick. Not much pain at all. The worst of it is in getting numbed up but if you ask them to infuse the lidocaine very, very slowly, that should help make it less painful. It is not so much the needle that hurts rather the stretching of tissue and pressure from the fluid being infused. It has worked for me to ask them to do it super slow. Hope that helps. Take good care and many blessings, Sunny flower