Skin Cancers and Moles

We offer excision of many skin lesions from simple skin tags to different types of skin cancer. These types of skin cancers include Basal cell carcinomas (BCC or rodent ulcer), Squamous cell carcinomas (SCC), and melanomas.

Procedure

Excision surgery for skin cancers is simple and safe. You will be treated on an outpatient basis, meaning that you will be seen, treated and discharged all in the same day. The surgery requires local anaesthetic only, and involves a simple excision and stitching procedure. There will be scarring, but surgeons will do all they can to keep this scarring to a minimum. Larger growths may require reconstruction techniques such as skin grafts or local flaps (moving nearby tissue into the defect).

Complications

Complications are infrequent following these types of procedures but can include bleedin, infection, scarring, and wound breakdown.