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Lips can be an unforgiving location to repair after skin cancer removal because they are a free margin. This means that any amount of tension of the lip can cause it to pull up or down because there is no support to keep the lip in place. Scars continue to mature for up to one year, so time always helps with the end cosmetic result. If the asymmetry is significant, however, surgical fine-tuning (i.e. z-plasty) can be performed to lengthen the scar and bring the lip back to its normal resting place.
The most important thing is that the cancer has been removed, and because Mohs was done, as much of the lip surface as possible has been preserved. I would recommend that you wait several months after the surgery for the site to completely heal. After that, you can visit an experienced board-certified dermatologist or plastic surgeon for an evaluation of dermal fillers or lip augmentation.
Your first step is to have the surgeon that performed the procedure take a look at your healing and offer you some treatment options. What you describe is not uncommon and may simply be part of the healing process of a large flap. It can take 6-12 months to see the final result from the initial...
Mohs surgery is a technque that maximized the cure rate and minimized the scar size. This is achieved by how the skin cancr is removed from the skin and sampled to check the margins. It is common that tumors are removed completely in the first "layer" or stage. It is likely that the...
It depends on the type of skin cancer. If a basal cell cancer you can typically wait a few months without any issues. Other cancer types may be more rapidly growling and waiting may not be advisable