Cancer came back in the same spot 5 years after Mohs Surgery. Any options?

Studies show that Mohs surgery has the highest cure rate AND is associated with the most tissue sparing approach. Mohs takes a very small margin around the edge of the tumor, and looks at the most complete margin. So Mohs is the way to go for sure, and it is quite common to have to wait several...

Superficial BCC commonly has very ill-defined edges, and larger sites can quite often have a deeper component (nodular) or extend down hair follicular structures. So for an ill-defined tumor in the scalp that appears to be at least 8mm in size, I agree with the recommendation of Mohs rather than...

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...

Thanks for your question. You are right to be concerned with your history of multiple skin cancers at such a young age, and my best advice is to keep as covered up as possible while enjoying an active and healthy lifestyle. You can talk to your dermatologist about using efudex on the...

But if you are showing the flesh colored bum just above the small freckle at the tip, it is best for you to see a board-certified dermatologist who uses a dermatoscope to evaluate. This could very well be a benign lesion called an angiofibroma, but it is best if you have evaluated live by a...

Thanks for your question. Check with your Mohs surgeon's office to be sure, but I would think it would be helpful to have the area as hair free as possible. It will help dressings to stick if there is less hair in the area of the skin cancer. The assistant at your dermatologist's office also...