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Skin cancer removed by Mohs surgery is permanently gone in most cases. A study published in JAMA Dermatology shows that out of 608 skin cancer tumors, only six removed via Mohs surgery came back, compared to 13 that recurred after excision surgery. “Mohs gives you the highest cure rate of any modality,” says Dr. Chesnut.
Sometimes these "small" cancers can be tiny or be just the tip of the iceberg. Lastly, your fellowship-trained Mohs surgeon is required for certification to have extensive experience with reconstruction. So they will be able to tell you if a skin graft , a local flap, a linear closure , or healing without stitches is best.
May 6 I had MOHs surgery on my shoulder, going down two layers to get it all. Due to the location, straps, sleeve seams rub right on the wound. I'm in a cycle, the wound has filled in & it tries to scab over, I raise my arm to do anything, the scab cracks, the bra strap or sleeve seam catches & pulls off the scab, and we start all over.
My surgeon closed with a PENG closure on the same day using dissolvable stitches .9 weeks later healng well to look at ,surface stitches gone to naked eye .Concern is the constant soreness , slight tightness ,sharp and tingling pain underneath , from the tip to bridge of nose . also itching
Your best option is to talk to the doctor who will be performing your Mohs surgery. The repair afterwards is dependent upon the size of the skin cancer (e.g. diameter and depth) as well as other factors related to the patient, location, etc Options for repair include secondary intention healing (i.e. letting the wound heal in by itself), side-to-side repair, flap repair or skin graft repair.
3. When it comes to removing stitches, timing is everything. If stitches aren’t removed before the top layer of skin heals around them, the entry points of the stitches may become permanent features, resulting in a “railroad scar.” In most cases, surface sutures of any kind are removed after no more than five to six days.
Moist healing is faster than dry healing with a scab. Neosporin can be allergenic and during healing patients can react to it if they develop an allergy which occurs in about 10% of patients.Bacitracin or Polysporin are less allergenic.Vasaline avoids the allergy risk so your doctor is recommending it to keep the wound mosit.
I had Mohs surgery on my nose and just needed a few internal and a few external stitches. It has been 3 weeks since the external stitches were removed. I can now feel and see a white tip poking out of my stitch line that I assume must be an internal stitch. I have pulled slightly on it and it's not budging.
Your Mohs surgeon made a wise decision. Second intention healing will have two benefits for you. The first of these is that the wound will contract during the healing process and new skin (epidermis) will cover the defect, growing from the outside into the center. The result will be a healed area usually about 30% the size of the original defect.
I had Mohs surgery on my nose June 11. I had stitches out on June 18. Yesterday a blood blister formed at the bottom of the scar. It looked better this morning, but then this afternoon, when I got hot it got larger. I have been using silicone sheeting stripes during the day, due to sun exposure. Is this a normal part of the process or an urgent ...