Mohs on nose

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I had a very small spot on the tip of my nose that kept bleeding, so I had it tested and it was squamous. (This is my third, the others were on my wrist and hand.)  I just had mohs yesterday and I left in shock. What I thought would be a small removal turned into 12 stitches from the tip of my nose up to the bridge in a large S. While I am grateful for the removal of the cancer, I’m feeling bewildered and emotional. I thought mohs was supposed to start as small as possible and then the doctor will remove more as needed? My doctor went large, and then took a graft from the top of my nose, “pulled the skin down”, and stitched the entire nose. Is this normal?