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Hi, This is a forum I never thought I would be joining. I was diagnosed last week with a BCC on the back of my leg. Its the size of a penny and has been there for at least 2 years. As it never bothered me, I ignored it, thinking it was exema! Turns...
Hi there. I recently had a spreading melanoma removed and a wide tissue excision. Unfortunately, I don’t know how, but the wide tissue excision was performed in the wrong place, and I had to have the correct one done last week - so sore and feeling a...
Hi, I've been diagnosed with BCC on my eyelid, and just received my consultation for MOHS which is 4 months away. I'm only 25 so quite self conscious about the lump on my eye so im not sure want to wait that long especially with it growing pretty...
Hello everyone About a week ago I was told by the GP that the nodule I have on my upper eyelid in the inner canthus is basal cell carcinoma. He has referred me to an opthalmologist. I was wondering if anyone has any experience of this, and also how...
Hi ive just been diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma this week on my forehead, my family all seem to think its know big deal the way they are reacting , i know its slow growing but ive had it since 2024 but didn't realise, im scared, Do you know if...
Hello, was hoping for some advise please My GP referred me a couple of weeks ago on urgent cancer pathway . I'd gone in for something else and just mentioned a couple of skin issues I've been having - so the referral was quite a shock! Dermatology...
Hi all, I am new to this group but over a month out from having my first reconstructive forehead flap surgery after Mohs. Most of my right nostril was removed and the next day I had the flap reconstruction with a plastic surgeon. I did a lot of research...
Hello and thank you for accepting me to this group as a new member. I was told I had BCC in October last year. A lump on my forehead which I have lived with for around 10 years because a previous GP told me it was nothing sinister. I returned to a different...
Hi everyone :-) Posting on behalf of my hubby, who’s 2 weeks post-op for forehead flap surgery, but part of the flap appears to have ‘died’ & I wondered if anyone else has experienced this, as it’s quite rare, apparently. He had MOHs surgery for infiltrative...
Hi everyone I’ve just been referred to dermatologist in next 4 weeks as I have possible SCC or BCC on my left forearm. Totally freaked out to be honest. A real shock.
