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Hi everyone. I had a bcc removed from my forehead yesterday and would really value hearing other people’s post-surgery experiences. I’m in pain but keeping topped up with ibuprofen. It hurts to laugh or smile because it pulls on the bandages! How long...
I had a large treatment area for BCC on my right shoulder upper back in March 2022. The treatment area was around the size of the palm of your hand. The treatment was 20 doses of radiotherapy as the area was too big to cut out or skin graft. The area...
Hi, This is my first post. I was diagnosed by my GP with bcc on my nose ( which I've had for two years) and chest on May 24th 2024. I chased up the referral on the 17th June as advised, to be told that I am in the queue. I chased it up again via...
Good afternoon. I was diagnosed with SCC left temple early March and scheduled for excision with full thickness skin graft taken from left clavicle. surgery went well and skin graft healed. Two weeks later l was informed that the biopsy results showed...
I have a large 8 x 5cm advanced infiltrative BCC on my scalp, it was previously diagnosed as psoriasis due to its atypical appearance. Unfortunately it now looks horrendous, wont heal, bleeds and constantly itches. I have also lost a large amount of hair...
I have recently been diagnosed with superficial BCC on my face, on a cheek about 1 cm from my eye. I had a punch biopsy done, and received the diagnosis by letter. The letter did not explain what 'superficial' meant in this context, but I have since looked...
So, I had an excision last month and have been putting gel on it twice a day everyday and the last couple of days I can feel something sticking out. I've realised it must be a stitch. What will this mean for the healing thats already happened?! I...
I’m posting this hoping it will encourage people who are worrying about upcoming surgery. I had my bcc diagnosed early December and surgery was booked for January 30th. It went very well and was painless and I did not need a skin graft although initially...
So I'm on my third week of using this cream and it's really scabbed over but sometimes it looks very wet. My skin cancer is on my chest so I'm struggling to not knock it constantly, especially when I'm trying to sleep and certain clothes keep sticking...
Hi, I was diagnosed with Bcc this week, I have 2 lesions, one on my neck and one on my collarbone, it was a big shock to find out it was skin cancer as I thought they were cysts. I was upset but now don’t feel as though I can validate my feelings of...
