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Is Mohs right for 82-year-old healthy woman?

Melanoma & Skin Cancer | Last Active: Dec 14, 2025 | Replies (10)

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@hearth, how did the consult go with your Mohs surgeon? What did you learn and what did you decide?

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@colleenyoung Hi Colleen,
Thanks for your concern. This is a wild journey to navigate!
I thought I was going to have the 'traditional' Mohs - ie remove bit by bit and biopsy bit by bit until all gone.

However, the doctor took only a surface amount of cells for biopsy - I don't know why the change in approach - she used an instrument that could 'see' or 'determine' the extent of bad cells.

I had that done about one week ago and have ben changing my bandage daily -

Am scheduled for total removal Monday 8 Dec -

Tentatively scheduled for plastic surgery Friday 12 Dec

It's all so tentative - that is the difficult part - waiting is worse

They will make an incision from corner of my eye to hairline and then down the neck so as to have enough 'material' to cover whatever the wound will be.

Thank you
April