Can I Have Mohs Surgery While Pregnant?

Congratulations on your preganancy. Waiting more than nine months for treatment will make your non-life threatening skin cancer larger and the reconstruction more formidable.I usually confirm with obstetricians and pediatricians that local anesthetic is ok. Sometimes we do not use the adrenaline in the local depending on what the doctor says. Considering that there would also be an issue if you nurse post partum, doing the surgery now makes the most sense.

The question of waiting is really dependent upon the location, type of severity of your skin cancer and time discovered at pregnancy. The more worrisome skin cancers should be treated rather than waiting. The issue with treatment during pregnancy is anesthesia and post op infections. If you have a post op infection, then you will need antibiotics . This then becomes a consideration and concern for it's affect on the fetus . Some of the same considerations are with breast feeding too. Anesthesia can be achieved with normal saline. I have used this adequately for treatment of many skin cancers too.