hi my name is stuart i was told i had lentigo maligna melanoma i had to have a biopsy on my left cheek on my face it turned out it was cancer and they needed to operate on it ,so i went to see plastic surgeon and he said its quite big so will have to do a skin graft ,so last wednesday i went in and had the surgery done i now have stiches in my arm from the graft and my left cheek on my face is now got a big new piece of skin on it with stitches all around it ,have to go back this thursdasy for a check up to see how its taken . must admit struggling to look in the mirror at the moment because of how it looks , but i guess thats normal.after an op like this . if anyone else has gone threw this would be good to hear how you got on ,well thanks for reading this and hope you are all on the mend now and if anyone is struggling i would be happy to listen .. cheers stuart
Hi Stuart/hoddlead1e14 and a very warm welcome to our corner of the online community
It's understandable that you're struggling with how your scar looks at the moment but I'm sure in time it will settle down.
My melanoma was on my arm and after my wide local excision it looked horrendous as it was raised up. However, the nurse reassured me at the two week check-up that the surgeon had done this so that as it settled down my arm wouldn't be left with a dent and she was quite right. Although my op was sometime ago now the scar is hardly noticeable.
I hope everything goes well tomorrow
Anne
"Never regret a day in your life, good days give you happiness, bad days give you experience"
My melanoma was 9 years ago now and no evidence of disease (NED) now. I did, however, develop breast cancer three years ago but that's another story...... Thankfully, NED with that also 
"Never regret a day in your life, good days give you happiness, bad days give you experience"
