Lip Asymmetry After Mohs Surgery. What Are My Options?

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  

The nose is a very sensitive area of the face.  Many of our patients get their Mohs reconstruction done under IV sedation

As a general rule, if a wound is not completely healed, keeping it covered with an antibiotic or bland ointment (e.g. Vaseline, Aquaphor, Polysporin) is a good idea. The wound produces various factors in the fluid of the wound that stimulate wound healing. Allowing the wound to dry out or...

Thank you for trying to take a photograph.  It's amazing how many patients come in with pictures of their skin problems and the pictures are tremendously helpful.  Unfortunately, in your case, at least as I see the photo, it is not helpful to me.  The picture is blurry and...