 Background A punch biopsy is a full thickness skin biopsy performed by Dermatologists to diagnose various skin conditions. The incision from the biopsy ranges from 2 - 6mm in width2. There have been several recommendations of ways to manage these biopsy sites including the use of a non-absorbable suture such as nylon, healing by second intention and the use of an absorbable suture such as PDS or Polyglactin 9101,3. The benefit of an absorbable suture over a non-absorbable suture is reduced costs to the patient because they will not have pay for a suture removal visit. Also, the patients do not have the extra inconvenience of returning to the clinic a second time2,3. There has been only one case in the literature comparing an absorbable with a non-absorbable suture material in the closure of skin punch biopsy sites2. Never, has there been a study comparing two different absorbable suture in this setting. We believe there may be a less expensive suture material that would yield the same performance as the current ones. If this is the case, this information could benefit the Dermatology community in that it would provide a less expensive alternative suture material to close skin punch biopsy sites. Therefore, it would cut overall costs related to this routine procedure. 