Excellent Results - Lip Reconstruction After MOHS Surgery!

Dr. Fernandes did reconstruction surgery on my lip and upper lip area, after MOHS surgery. He did an excellent job of recreating the top left portion my lip after MOHS had to take most of it due to Basal Cell Carcinoma. When I went into the OR, I had a large hole and most of the lip and the area above it was gone. I never imagined I would ever had a left top lip again, but I did and I owe it all to him. It's only been a little over a month, but it's healing very well and I'm now started to have feeling again. He is a wonderful surgeon, very caring and compassion. My reconstruction surgery and the MOHS had been scheduled for months as we first tried some "chemo" based creams to try and shrink down the down the size, hoping I would not need to lose much of my lip. Unfortuantely, that did not happen and the MOHS had to go back in four times to have clear margins, so Dr. Fernandes has a lot of work to perform once I was in his OR. Ironically, the reconstruction portion was originally scheduled with another local Plastic Surgeon, but she her office called and cancelled the surgery, less then 24 hours before I was going it. They then told me she had been on a partial Medical Leave, but that information was NEVER shared with me with the months leading up to the surgery, as you can imagine, I was very upset. My MOHS surgeon, contacted Dr. Fernandes and he agreed to see me the next day for a consult, which went well. We then were able to book the surgery, but I did have to wait another month for scheduling OR time. In hindsight, I'm so happy that this happened, because he did such an excellent job. As they say, everything happens for a reason and for me I feel this was meant to be! If I ever need any further Plastic Surgery, he is the only doctor I will see!

Updated to show the images, which start just after I finished the MOHS part of the surgery. This is when I left the MOHS surgeon's office and went to the Hospital (OR) to have the "Reconsctruction" done. I really was stunned when I saw how much of my lip had been taken. I am still having some numbness in the area where the flap was, but overall doing much better. I will see Dr. Fernandes again in at two months and will have follow ups for a few months. He said, I an expect it to take close to a full year to see the end results. The scaring and redness will continue to diminish and hopefully the nerves will grow back and I'll have feeling again. I am still SUPER impressed with how well this came out, considering half of my upper left lip was removed by the MOHS surgeon to get clear margins. I had Superficial Basal Cell Carcinoma.