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...
