Skin cancer surgery

Surgical excision is the most effective way of getting rid of skin cancer. Although there are numerous non surgical techniques to tackle skin cancers, excision is the most reliable form  of treatment. With skin surgery, we get to know about the margins by checking the excised lesion under the microscope. 

The options for surgery depend on the type, size, location of skin cancer. In most cases the surgery can be done in a our rooms using a local anaesthetic drugs such as lignocaine.

In skin cancer surgeries, our main priority is complete removal of the cancer. Incompletely removed skin cancers can recur and in some cases spread to other parts of the body. Reserving the anatomical function at surgical site ( e.g. prevention of eyelid, nostril or mouth distortion) is the second priority. Last but not least, enhancing cosmetic outcome of the surgery is carefully considered during your surgery. The art of the skin surgeon is to give the best aesthetic results while removing the cancer completely.