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Skin Health | Last Active: Aug 15 7:59am | Replies (20)
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gardibble---- Same problem here, only my squamous is (was) on my lip. Now (I think) there's another one an the other side of my lip. The Moh's was uncomfortable, the healing was VERY uncomfortable & painful as well. Still is, 6 months later. The nerves were cut as well.
I am old too & don't think I could go thru another Moh's, especially on my lip.
The answer from surgeon was of course you must have it off... blah, blah, blah. No time frame of course.
I have had countless MOh's and other surgeries on my face & other places & just can't face another one.
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Just realized we talked before about basal cell carcinoma before. Did you have squamous cell carcinomas too? I had a couple over 20 years ago.
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I'll be 84 in three weeks and I wouldn't hesitate to have a squamous cell carcinoma removed as they can turn very ugly. I had an uncle in his 90s that had the tops of both ears removed as he kept putting off going to the doctor. The second one he let get very large before taking care of it. After the second one, the cancer had spread to lymph node in his jaw which required another surgery and it destroyed his taste buds and saliva production. As he was a chow hound, the taste bud part really annoyed him and he kicked his own butt until he died at 95.