Can I have my eschar biopsied after it comes out to “see what it was”?
In one word, no. We understand that people routinely use Cansema® to remove cancers without getting a diagnosis first. (This is not something, by the way, that we recommend, because a good physician may identify health issues in the diagnostic process that can only be picked up by a health care professional.) It then follows that some customers will wonder, after an eschar falls out, if they can have it analyzed to see “if it was really cancer.” (It isn’t just cost and inconvenient; many people avoid an initial biopsy because they don’t want a chunk of flesh taken out of their hide. It’s not exactly painless.) This is akin to taking a McDonald’s hamburger to a chemist and asking, “Can you tell me what kind of cow this came from?” In order to have an accurate biopsy done, you need a live tissue sample. By the time your eschar falls out, all that is detectable is a mass of dead cellular matter. Analysis would show that it contains serous fluid, certain immunological components, and perha
