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by reaperducer 2747 days ago
When I had a skin cancer excised by a surgeon, in a followup visit a woman with no ID came in and made a point of taking closeup photos of full-face and profile. When I asked she said this was standard (for minor skin cancer removal).

I had that happen to me, but it wasn't my face where the excision happened, or that was photographed, so it may really be standard procedure. My guess is so that in follow-up examinations it can be determined if any remnants remain and/or spread.

But my incident was about 20 years ago. Today I would be very suspicious, like you are.