Can I Have Mohs Surgery While Pregnant?

My rule of thumb is to advise all patients avoid alcohol 24 hrs beforehand 48 hrs after surgery. Vitamins should be discontinued 2 weeks before and resumed no sooner than 48 hrs after surgery. This only applies if all surgeries had been completed. If your reconstruction is delayed, then 48 hrs...

As others have pointed out, its better to get your skin cancer surgery done sooner rather than later. Basal cell carcinomas tend to be slow growing, but they do grow. Talk to your dermatologist and see what is their opinion since there may be other factors that determine how quickly it...

Some dermatologists prescribe this only for two weeks, others may recommend it for four or more weeks. It depends on the amount of precancerous changes that are noted and your extent of background photodamage, as well as the location of the damage such as the arms or face. You may get truly...

Itchy red rash after imiquimod (Aldara or Zyclara) application, particularly in the area where Mohs surgery of a non-melanoma skin cancer is performed, can be expected. Imiquimod typically respects healthy tissue so the inflammatory reaction often reflects the underlying precancerous or even...

Aldara is not strictly chemotherapy. It wakes up the immune system to attack cancers.  To be safest, you could visit your grandchildren after you shower or bathe to remove the cream. It is not a 24 hour application. Or you could visit them on your off days of treatment. Other than the...

Peels and liquid nitrogen are nonspecific methods to treat actinic keratoses and they can certainly be effective.  Aldara, a prescription medication which modulates the immune system to target pre-cancerous cells can be very beneficial for clearing and preventing the...