Hi EmmaC22 and a very warm welcome to the skin cancer group which I hope you'll find is both an informative and supportive place to be.
I had a BCC removed by surgery but haven't used Aldara. However, my husband used this cream and it had no effect on his BCC so it ended up being removed by surgery.
BCC used to be described as a benign skin cancer, I think to differentiate from malignant melanoma, but all skin cancer is now described as malignant. However, where BCC differs from a skin cancer like melanoma, is that it very rarely spreads to other parts of the body and, therefore, is hardly ever a risk to life.
You should have been given a leaflet telling you about BCC, how it's treated and how to protect your skin in future when you attended dermatology. This link will take you to the one produced by the British Association of Dermatologists.
Were you allocated a SCNS (skin cancer nurse specialist), sometimes referred to as a keyworker or Macmillan nurse, after your surgery? If so they would be an excellent person to contact to clarify what will be happening next and to ask any questions about your diagnosis and treatment.
If you don't have a SCNS then you could post your question in the Ask a Nurse section of the online community. If this is something that you'd like to do, clicking on the link I've created will take you straight there.
When you have a minute, it would be great if you could put something about your diagnosis and treatment to date into your profile as it really helps others when replying to you and also when looking for someone on a similar pathway. It also means that you don't have to keep repeating yourself. To do this click on your username and then select 'Profile'. You can amend it at any time and if you're not sure what to write you can take a look at mine by clicking on my username.
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