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Hello, i went to the GP yesterday about a weird bump that's changing, it's about 1cm but feels thick and os sore. The GP took photos and sent them to dermatology, I have now got a specialist appointment on the 11th to remove ssc. Can they diagnosis from...
Hi all, I had a BCC removed from the side of my face, near my right ear, back in October. It was discovered to be infiltrating, and they’d not got all of it out, so I had it done again last Friday (a week ago). The scar is now a little longer than...
After waiting 15 months for MOHS surgery, I now have a date at the end of February. I have been very anxious waiting for a date, wondering how much the cancer has grown and now I have a date, I am so worried about the MOHS procedure and how I will look...
Hi all im nearly 52, 2023 i was diagnosed with bcc on my brow i first was seen by a nurse practitioner who told me it was nothing to worry about, long story shot it was bcc had it removed after months of waiting. Ended up with an eyebrow half way up my...
Good evening, I've recently started Imiquimod cream 3 alternate days for two weeks.I have finished the first weeks course and absolutely nothing has happened. Is this normal ? Or do I presume it's not going to work.IIt wasn't the specialists first choice...
Hi Background: Last year I had surgery to remove a lesion on my scalp. In December the biopsy showed it was atypical fibroxanthoma. I was then referred for further margin surgery on the area including a skin graft. This brings to my query...
Hi Ive been referred to a Dermatologist for a possible SCC. One on my knee that’s a few months old but disappeared. Very faint now but where it was it is pink when I come out the shower. And a new one which is in that crusty stage. So it’s all new to...
I was recently diagnosed with primary nodular infiltrative basal cell carcinoma right perichondrium area I'm having such a run around with my local hospital dermatologist dept I've had to contact PALS 3 times to get things moving along since November...
Hi everyone I have just been prescribed Tolak for a very small lesion on my ear which has been diagnosed as actinic keratosis. I know it is a fluorouracil cream and I have driven myself into a state of complete panic and fear reading things all over...
Hi there. Im not new to the site due to having very close family members (my mum, brother and Aunty) pass from different types of cancers. But I am looking for some support and advice on what I am experiencing at the moment. I am a 38 year old Female...
