Tag: Mohs surgery
5 Things to Know About Mohs Surgery
If you are getting ready for a skin cancer treatment, there are some things you should know before Mohs surgery. Our Naples-based team has some tips to help you get the most out of this highly effective procedure, which has a 95 to 99 percent cure rate. Mohs surgery is an advanced surgical technique named …
Can You Minimize Scarring from Mohs Surgery?
As you’re probably already aware, too much unprotected sun exposure is detrimental to your skin. Skin cancer is obviously something to be concerned about, and sun exposure significantly increases the risk of this disease. Ultraviolet radiation burns the skin and alters the DNA itself, leading to mutations in the skin that can result in cancer. …
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What Are the Benefits of Mohs Surgery?
When patients are researching skin cancer treatments, many of them have one question on their minds: “Is Mohs surgery the best option?” Our Naples-based Skin Wellness Physicians team recommends this precise and advanced treatment for patients who have skin cancers with poorly defined borders and those who have skin cancer on sensitive areas who wish …
The Benefits of Mohs Surgery for Skin Cancer
Mohs surgery, or Mohs micrographic surgery, is a highly effective treatment for common non-melanoma skin cancer types, like basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma. The technique is intended to remove cancerous tumors as completely and permanently as possible with precision while leaving the healthy neighboring tissue intact. This method involves a specially trained physician …
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