Hi everyone. As some of you know I have had a skin flap and skin graft surgery on my face, one in January and one in March. I am on holiday in Cornwall and had a real melt down tonight. Only been here a day and my scars are very red. I have used my normal...
I was diagnosed with Malignant Melanoma in 2020. I was lucky in that it was caught early and fully removed. I had another biopsy last month which showed abnormalities but they weren't yet malignant. So I guess I've got cancer on the brain again. It...
I had a 5 cm BCC removed from my scalp 2.5 months ago with a skin flap and rotation. I was left with a largish wound to heal by secondary intention and the skin flap also opened up a bit after infection. I have therefore been left with quite a lot of...
Hi everyone. 2 scars have been healing well under eye but the one along side my nose during the last two weeks I've noticed a white line along where the swelling is subsiding. Is it just a scar line? I've still got a penny sized lump at the base of...
Hi everyone. I had a BCC removed from under my eye a month ago quite long incisions under eye and down alongside nose. I've kept it clean and it's knitted together well apart from two quite raised areas and redness, purple around stitches (know it...
I had a bcc removed from near my eye and top of nose nearly 3 weeks ago. Stiches were removed just over a week ago and area is like a big scab. I am vaselining it and it is starting to lift. Just hoping andf praying this is what it should be like, been...
Hi everyone I just wanted to let you know that there are some improvements being made to the site over the next few weeks. All the enhancements are based on feedback from members and you can read all about it in the Community News Blog (link). If...
I have just been diagnosed with BCC after an ugly painful and itchy mole was removed last week. Other than the worry my main question is around lethargy? I have felt so tired over the past few months and I haven’t found a reason, does BCC cause lethargy...
Hello all, I had a Mohs procedure to my cheek almost 8 weeks ago but getting quite a lot of pain that feels like a toothache within my cheek. This was my 2nd surgery as I had involved margins including a very close deep after wide local excision. The...
Hello everyone I wanted to share my experience of Mohs surgery. My husband and I are keen golfers and when I found a spot on my nose that would not heal I wasn't surprised to learn it was a basal cell carcinoma. We have visited Florida every year for...
