Mohs Surgery Recovery in Georgia
Healing After Skin Cancer Surgery in Athens, Commerce, Lake Oconee, Elberton, and Winder, GA
You may experience a sensation of tightness across the area of your surgery. Skin cancers frequently involve small superficial nerves, and months may pass before your skin sensation returns to normal. A numbness sensation may be expected over the area. This is common and usually expected but is something that with time will return to normal. In very rare instances, the numbness may be permanent.
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Recovery from Mohs Surgery
The defect created by the removal of the skin cancer may be larger than anticipated. There is no way to predict prior to surgery the exact size of the final defect.
There will be a scar at the site of removal. We will make every effort to obtain optimal cosmetic results, but our primary goal is to remove the entire tumor. Again, Mohs surgery will leave you with the smallest wound, thus creating the best opportunity for optimal cosmetic results.
In some cases, there may be poor wound healing. At times, despite our best efforts, for various reasons (such as bleeding, poor physical condition, smoking, diabetes, or other diseases), healing is slow, or the wound may re-open. Flaps and grafts used to repair the defect may at times fail also.
Although these instances are not common, they are to be expected with the instances listed above. Under these circumstances, the wound will usually be left to heal on its own, and in some cases after healing, certain procedures may be done to improve the cosmetic appearance of the area.
Finally, while the Mohs technique offers the highest cure rates, no technique offers a 100% chance of a cure. There is a small chance, at least 1-2%, depending on tumor type and location, that the skin cancer will recur. Previously treated tumors and large, longstanding tumors have the greatest chance of recurrence.
