I am facing Mohs in a couple of weeks on my nose and just dreading it. I have done it before and it was not fun and this one might be considerably worse and require extensive reconstruction. I have used a topical cream on it, but the jury is out on whether it worked.
I guess I understand being diagnosed with basal cell at my age (67). My first one was at age 54. But recently both my daughter and daughter-in-law have been diagnosed with Basal Cell, both in their early 30s....and they are advised to have Mohs. These girls used sunscreen all their lives, I did not (not available in my youth). Why are young people getting basal cell.....maybe because people are seeing a dermatologist at a younger age and the dermatologists biopsy everything?
I don't recall my grandparents or parents having skin cancer. My dad was raised on a farm, a golfer in later life and lived to be 96....and if he had basal cell it was never diagnosed or treated.
I am beginning to think that Mohs might be another medical money making machine and everyone who gets diagnosed with a tiny basal cell is sent directly to the Mohs surgeon when a less drastic (and expensive) treatment could be used.
I guess I understand being diagnosed with basal cell at my age (67). My first one was at age 54. But recently both my daughter and daughter-in-law have been diagnosed with Basal Cell, both in their early 30s....and they are advised to have Mohs. These girls used sunscreen all their lives, I did not (not available in my youth). Why are young people getting basal cell.....maybe because people are seeing a dermatologist at a younger age and the dermatologists biopsy everything?
I don't recall my grandparents or parents having skin cancer. My dad was raised on a farm, a golfer in later life and lived to be 96....and if he had basal cell it was never diagnosed or treated.
I am beginning to think that Mohs might be another medical money making machine and everyone who gets diagnosed with a tiny basal cell is sent directly to the Mohs surgeon when a less drastic (and expensive) treatment could be used.