Mill Creek clinic can now cure some skin cancers without surgery

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

MILL CREEK — Last October, Cheryl Cayford was distraught when she found out the scab on her nose was skin cancer.

She already had a tumor removed from her arm, and the scar to prove it.

Skin cancer is more common than all other types of cancer combined — 1 in 5 Americans will develop the disease by age 70, according to the Skin Cancer Foundation. Melanoma is the deadliest form, but only makes up about 1% of cases. Every year, about 3.3 million Americans are diagnosed with the more common types of skin cancer, broadly called nonmelanoma.

Cayford had undergone Mohs micrographic surgery, the most common method to remove skin cancer, at Frontier Dermatology in Mill Creek. The surgery has a 99% cure rate, but can leave lifelong scarring.

https://www.heraldnet.com/news/mill-creek-clinic-can-now-cure-some-skin-cancers-without-surgery/

[MOMFUDSKI]

1. I had MOHS and my face is a disaster. Went

back twice for steroid injections to smooth out the lumpies but nothing. Doc was a hack. Had another right in front of my left ear and it still hurts after 8 months. Bits of stitch material pokes through my tragus daily and I pick it off! Hack.

[Silent Type]

3. I've had two lesions requiring MOHS. The place on my ear aggravates that chit out of me. But, neither look too bad.

Until you've had one, you don't realize how big the hacking scar will be.

[Silent Type]

2. Sounds promising. I'd try it. The only real downside seems to be that you'll likely require multiple sessions.

[montanacowboy]

4. I had 2 Mohs surgeries there last year

and it does leave some scarring but hey, what's the alternative.