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Thank you for your question. It has been my experience that patients who avoid activity and do not raise their heart rate or blood pressure for the first 48 hours after surgery and then only participate in light activity while their sutures are in see the best results. Physical exertion that raises your heart rate and blood pressure may cause the surgery site to start bleeding, which is something to avoid. It would be best to contact your board certified Mohs surgeon for recommendations on post-care.
The stock answer is 24 hours after your surgery. The real answer is ask your surgeon, the only person who knows for sure.
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...
Best to have this checked out by your PS. Constant weeping is not normal and you need some advice regarding dressings.
This is not the usual appearance of a reconstruction with a graft. Did the graft heal? did you need dressings? Best to get this checked out by your PS.
Squamous Cell carcinoma like you've been diagnosed with is the more aggressive of the 2 common skin cancers. I may try to get that resection date moved up if possible. Also, regarding the closure, it's always a good idea to evaluate how the MOHs surgeon performs closures and to see if they...
It depends a little on the pathology and the site of surgery. Certainly if the pathology shows aggressive features MOHS surgery would be recommended. Deep margin incomplete excision is a concern and much more of a concern than incomplete excision at the superficial margin. Maybe clarify where ...
Basal Cell Carcinoma is a locally destructive type of skin cancer that is notorious for recurrence when not adequately treated. It can become quite disfiguring if left untreated, especially when located in cosmetically sensitive areas such as the nose. Typically this type of skin...
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