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Hi, i've just been for an ultrasound on my BCC that sits directly on my collarbone. I'm awaiting a treatment plan. Has anyone had one in this location, i'm aware it is difficult to treat and just interested in hearing what others have had in this situation...
Just wondering if anyone is in the same boat please or has been before. I am 34 years old and have had a light coloured mole at the side of my left ear for ages. It could well have been there my entire life. I certainly cannot remember a time without...
Hi, I was just looking to see if anyone has any similar experience of what I have at the moment? I'm a 46yr old female, not really much of a sun worshipper and the lump on my scalp is not on a parting line, so under my dark hair. I visited my GP about...
Good morning- I am also new to this group and have had a biopsy and been diagnosed with infiltrative BCC on the right side of my nose. I have the same concerns and have been warned that the waiting list in my area is up to 12 months. I need MOHS surgery...
Hi I had Bcc removed from my face 5 weeks ago had the results this morning which thankfully were all clear, my surgeon mentioned some make up with a green tinge to use but he didn't know the name, just wondering if anyone has any ideas please?
My 95 year old mother has recently had surgery to remove a large squamous cell carcinoma from her scalp, and had a skin graft which has all healed well. 6 weeks on at the follow up appointment and after her case went before a multi disciplinary team,...
After having 4 ops on a BCC on the side of my nose, I've noticed another small suspicious lesion. I've been summoned for biopsy in January. I'm worried because I was seen by a surgical practitioner in out patients, and have been told that she will probably...
Just wondering if anyone has had a similar experience. I have had Mohs and a full thickness skin graft by my nose running into my eye 10 days ago at St Helens. I had no dressings just chloramphenicol ointment and had a wound check at one week which...
Hi, I have a 6mm BCC on the side of my nose, about 3/4 of the way up towards my eye. The plan is for a 4mm margin excision with a skin flap - from around the lesion and down my nose to my nostril. Hoping to hear from people who have been through similar...
I have recently (Monday 19th August) been diagnosed with a 3cm long nodular and infiltrative BCC on the right side of my nose. I live alone and have no family in this country; my head is a mess but also feels empty!!!! is this 'normal'?
