Mohs surgery?

[azsunfun]

Docs are hitting the forehead with mohs this dec, anybody had it, healing, scars, lived and worked in az sun my existence. Wife's bumming, I just go with the flow.

 

[oldman]

Docs are hitting the forehead with mohs this dec, anybody had it, healing, scars, lived and worked in az sun my existence. Wife's bumming, I just go with the flow.

Not a big deal, Ca sun, and I've had two on my face.

Are you a model? scaring was minimal, I had it done on the crease between my nose and cheek so not a flat area and you can't tell.

 

[azsunfun]

Not a big deal, Ca sun, and I've had two on my face.

Are you a model? scaring was minimal, I had it done on the crease between my nose and cheek so not a flat area and you can't tell.

What I want to here.

 

[monkeyswrench]

My Mom had it done many years ago, nose and ear. She was very fair skinned, and spent years in the sun watching baseball, waterpolo and untold weekends at swim meets. She was mid 50's at the time, and healed up quick with very slight scarring.

 

[oldman]

What I want to here.

Hats and sun screen, my work had me in the sun for 40 years, and I grew up in the coppertone age, sunscreen what? today I look for shade or a hat

 

[SoCalDave]

As a white boy I've been dealing with skin cancer for 25 years now. Growing up in the south and weeks on end in Daytona Beach with just Tropicana and baby oil it took its toll. That along with farming in the Tennessee fields for hours on end in the summer topped it off. There was no sunscreen back then and I deal with it today.
Have hade 20+ cancerous cut out of me over the last 25 years. Much more detailed proceedure that takes it all out but a long procedure
This was from my scalp some 10 years ago and took about 5 hours. 32 staples and it looks worse than what it was as you don't have that much skin up there to staple back to gether thus the S shape.
You'll be fine...

 

[monkeyswrench]

As a white boy I've been dealing with skin cancer for 25 years now. Growing up in the south and weeks on end in Daytona Beach with just Tropicana and baby oil it took its toll. That along with farming in the Tennessee fields for hours on end in the summer topped it off. There was no sunscreen back then and I deal with it today.
Have hade 20+ cancerous cut out of me over the last 25 years. Much more detailed proceedure that takes it all out but a long procedure
This was from my scalp some 10 years ago and took about 5 hours. 32 staples and it looks worse than what it was as you don't have that much skin up there to staple back to gether thus the S shape.
You'll be fine...
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Staples in the head suck...both going in and coming out. One of the reasons I don't shave my head, looks like centipedes crossing a road map now.

 

[Sandlord]

It heals, sometimes better than others.
scars add character

 

[PlanB]

Inside my left ear about 20 years ago. Most likely from sun through the car window while driving. They cut and keep checking margins and keep cutting until they get the margins they want. It worked well for me. The worst part was hearing everything they were doing because of the location of the surgery.

 

[monkeyswrench]

It heals, sometimes better than others.
scars add character

Well, dunno about character, but they all have stories
I was going to add, adding antibiotic ointment when healing helps the scars fade. I have some that doing that really helped when the doctor told me to do that.

 

[DLC]

Docs are hitting the forehead with mohs this dec, anybody had it, healing, scars, lived and worked in az sun my existence. Wife's bumming, I just go with the flow.

I had a hard white deal on my RT ear, had it done and turned out just fine ….

The Doc was really cool! We talked the entire time during the procedure!


Good Luck !

 

[DLC]

As for the healing - Couldn’t get it wet for 2 weeks, had a big bandage on my ear. Wasn’t an issue for me! They gave me extra bandages, tape and a moisturizer packets. They wanted to keep it from drying out and getting a crust.
Showering was tricky at 1st - got easier after you kinda figure things out.

I had the procedure done and the next day went to my nephews graduation @ UCLA

 

[TrollerDave]

I’m going in on the 5th for melanoma on my back. Dr wants to put me under anesthesia.

I had a hard white deal on my RT ear, had it done and turned out just fine ….

The Doc was really cool! We talked the entire time during the procedure!


Good Luck !

I saw a news story last week about the reporter that had the same thing. That made me think of the spot on my ear. I thought it was just scar tissue from getting stabbed in the ear with a plastic fork (teenage boys are idiots). But know I’m thinking the dermatologist missed it. I’ll have to ask the surgeon about it.

 

[Rennsport]

In 2022 I had three areas worked on. Two on my face and one on my back, a large area on my back.

one area under my left eye ended up being a three hour surgery and I was put out for it.

first image one week afterward. Plastic surgeon took skin from eye lid to graph in. last image a few weeks after that where they took a smaller chunk from my forehead.

third place on my back was a mole I had removed ten plus years prior but cancer came back. Not kidding a 2” by 4” chunk was cut out. Knarly.