Hi, I have recently been to my GP as I had concern about a new growth. Easiest way to explain it is it looks like a white cauliflower/wart type growth just on the top of the inside of my labia minora. I have previously had growths/polyps/skin tags in...
Hello On the 26th of August I am having a bcc removed from my back. I believe I will be having a general anaesthetic but I haven't been given any information whatsoever about what happens or any issues that I need to be aware of, before or after surgery...
Hi all. I have had a lesion on my nose for over a year now, got told it was a spider vein but over a period of months it changed - it had a lump forming ontop of it. I went back to the doctors and told them that i had sent a photo into ChatGPT and...
Hi everyone Diagnosed last year with Bowens Disease, which was treated. Now 8 months later, I haven been diagnosed with BCC. Luckily, for me, I signed up to work private health care and will be seeing a dermatologist in September. However, I feel...
I have been refered to dermatology by my dr. Letter as follows: would be grateful for your review of this 42-year-old lady who has noticed a few skin lesions on her left cheek and one on the tip of her nose. These are few millimetres in size with skin...
Hello, In may my partner noticed what looked like a cigarette burn on my back and took a picture so I could see it. I just presumed I'd caught my self on something at some point and dismissed it. At the beginning of July I noticed it had scabbed so...
Hiya, On July 21st I went to the doctor to get two lesions checked. She referred me on the urgent skin cancer pathway to get them checked by dermatology (she was concerned about one of them on my forehead possibly being a basal-cell.) but she said she...
Has anyone got any information or experience of using a mobile app for monitoring the growth and speed of growth of a Basal cell cancer , whilst on a surgical waiting list .Thank you
I was diagnosed by biopsy last week. My dermatologist recommended Moh surgery ,but advised a 12 /15 month wait. Can any one tell me how I find out the waiting times for other hospitals? Or how much MOHs can cost privately and if waiting times are less...
I was just wondering if any of you kept a diagnoses to yourself or how you go about telling people. I've attached the results letter from the dermatologist department below for context. A big part of me is thinking I don't have BCC because they haven...
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