I have been diagnosed with "invasive well-differentiated squamous cell carcinoma, involving biopsy border". How serious is this? It is located about one inch below ear and 1 inch diagonally below jawline. I also take an immunosuppressant (100mg mercaptopurine for Crohn's Disease) for an unrelated condition, which I understand can make the cancer more serious. From what I have read, because of its location this is quite serious. Am I going to die?
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Moh’s surgery on the face often requires surgical repair and reconstruction to reapproximate the skin edges. Flaps or direct closure techniques are used. It is important that you optimize scar healing during this phase in order to reduce longterm scars. For red scars, we use Vbeam laser, f...
Moh’s surgery on the face often requires surgical repair and reconstruction to reapproximate the skin edges. Flaps or direct closure techniques are used. It is important that you optimize scar healing during this phase in order to reduce longterm scars. For red scars, we use Vbeam laser, f...
Thanks for the photo. Hopefully by now, things are healing nicely. If you keep the area clean and moist with plain ointment such as Vaseline or Aquaphor, and covered if it is going to rub on glasses or anything else, you have a high likelihood of having a very good cosmetic outcome...