Experiences with MOHS Surgery for BCC: What to Expect and How to Prepare

[connieweirick]

@rawal yes needs checking please x

 

[thelonemusician28]

This one makes me worry I keep meaning to book an app I’m sure it’s getting darker shall ring Monday

 

[retro_reactive]

@thelonemusician28 yes I would def have that one looked at. Hopefully nothing but if it is better to get it early.

 

[thelonemusician28]

@retro_reactive I shall ring Monday

 

[schafer]

make sure you see a doctor that can look through a dermascope. Some gps don’t and the only way to see your mole closely is through one. x

 

[jennymorgan]

@thelonemusician28 yes, check it, better looked paranoid than feel sorry later!

 

[blezzedmother]

@thelonemusician28 I have one on my shoulder VERY similar to this. Dr referred me to dermatology and they called me in to take some photos and take a closer look. I have been a mess for weeks worrying about it. Last Monday I had the call to say its not skin cancer and that it is the result of abnormal scarring from an insect bite. I don't ever remember having a bite on my shoulder but over the moon with the results. You should definitely go get it checked though x

 

[ockbinnock]

@blezzedmother yes, same experience for me… insect bite turned into a small hard coloured lump (4 of them, all on my legs). It’s called a Dermatofibromas - see https://www.bad.org.uk/.../dermatofibroma-also-known-as.../

 

[thelonemusician28]

@ockbinnock thanks both ! Let’s hope mine is same x

 

[blezzedmother]

@ockbinnock oh wow I had no idea it had a name lol. It's just ugly now. But thankfull that's all it is x

 

[nona777]

I've had exactly the same very close to my eye. All is fine now x

 

[diving1985]

@nrasyye

 

[kattrav]

I've had multiple removed and go get checked every 6 months. I'm in a few fb groups for bcc skin cancer. You'll get alot of help in there x

 

[richardkeith]

@eratoc defo need mine checking….

 

[jennymorgan]

@richardkeith please do it, just to be sure everything is alright!

 

[richardkeith]

@jennymorgan absolutely made me want to 100% go get it checked… recently noticed a change and bleeding, thought i had a spot underneath but it looks v similar to yours but in my eyebrow. Thank you for your post and hope all goes well for you! Xx

 

[xiris696]

Iwas fobbed off by my gp, he tried to tell me the one on my neck was a skin tag! Saw another doctor and she referred my to see a dermatologist, fast forward 4 months and they had removed a BCC from the back of my neck. Trust your instincts xx

 

[jennymorgan]

@xiris696 I know, it's so frustrating!
Well done you ask for another opinion and you trusted you instincts!
Hope everything worked out well for you!

 

[txthomas]

5 weeks ago I had a lump removed off the top of the head that the GP had told me was just cosmetic and I’d had to wait 3 years to have removed. That also came back as a BCC. To say I was shocked is an understatement. I’m not a sun worshippper but don’t protect my head - lesson learned there! Last Friday I went to a dermatology appointment where they took photos of the site where the lump was and I’m now waiting to hear from the consultant. The GP who removed it in minor surgery seems confident that it’s been removed in its entirety but I don’t really trust what they say currently after the insistence that it was cosmetic. Hope all works out well for you Florycikita.

 

[jennymorgan]

@txthomas I feel you!
I am so sorry you had to wait 3 years for that, bless you
Hopefully the consultant will give you great news and everything that you've been through will be just a bad memory!