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Purpose To compare the post-operative wound healing of patients treated for excision of the nevus/mole from maxillofacial region with surgical, electrosurgery and diode laser. Materials and Methods Forty-five clinically confirmed cases of benign nevus were included in the study and randomly divided into three groups according to the technique used for excision, i.e. Group A-surgical excision, Group B-diode laser and Group C-electrosurgery. Postoperative wound evaluation was done using Stony Brook scar evaluation scale on post-operative photographs taken on days 7, 21 and 90 (3 months). Results Statistically, there was no significant difference between the three techniques on post-operative day 90. Clinically, hypopigmentation was noted with diode laser and electrosurgical excision of benign nevus. Conclusion Since all three techniques yielded statistically comparable results, the patients can be given a choice of technique to undergo surgery. Surgical excision being the most cost effective and nil post-operative hypopigmentation may be the treatment of choice for majority of the patients.