I had Moh's surgery on the tip of my nose a week and a half ago. I had a skin graft (full-graft) done last Friday and I don't think it went so well. My Dr. said that the first layer seemed to be kind of sloughing off, and there's this yellow, gooey, gloppy stuff that stinks over the wound. Can skin grafts with these kinds of complications still turn out all right, or will I most likely need more surgery? I would post a photo but I don't want everyone to lose their lunch.
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I want to be clear. The purpose of Mohs is to remove skin cancer and save as much tissue as possible. This was not a cosmetic procedure. This was a skin cancer surgery. When you have skin cancer and tissue needs to be removed to get the cancer out, we have to work with the tissue and muscle that...
The swelling after Mohs surgery typically depends on the extent and approach to closure of the Mohs defect. Typically swelling resolves on its own in one week any thing beyond that should be discussed with your surgeon who closed defect.
