“It’s a question on all our minds,” says Dr. Miriam Hanson, board-certified dermatologist and skin care expert at Sanova Dermatology in Austin, Texas. “At this time of year, it seems everyone is talking turkey.” While so much of this...
Skin cancer can appear literally anywhere on the body and Mohs surgery is considered the most precise and effective way to remove these tumors from the skin. Whether it’s a basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, or another type of skin cancer commonly...
A skin flap is one of the approaches used to close a wound after a skin cancer is removed by Mohs surgery. The decision to use a skin flap depends on a number of factors. Some of these include: the location and size of the wound; if letting the skin heal on its own...
Closing the skin in a straight line – or a linear closure – is one of the easiest and most common approaches to repairing a wound after a skin cancer has been removed by Mohs Surgery. This option for closing and repairing the skin after is one of the first...
The Mohs surgery technique is an extremely precise way of removing cancers from the skin. During this procedure, microscopically thin layers of tissue are taken, one after the other, until all the roots of the cancer are completely removed. While many patients believe...