aamrywykabu53, Agree. Cancer needs to be removed and not allowed to grow. MOHS is one of the methods to remove the cancer at one visit. My last MOHS surgery was longer than most. The reason was the surgery did not remove the cancer during first procedure and had to have another.

For those of us that have had them you know the skin removed is sent to pathologist who confirms if all cancer is removed or what areas still have cancer. My surgeon told me sorry we did not get it all the first time but know we try to keep the loss of any healthy skin and tissues to a minimum thus we may have to do more surgical removal.

I understood and even though took a couple for hours for entire procedure I left cancer free. I did get 6 stitches (first time with MOHS) but if had to make a decision again would again do MOHS.

But each of us are different and what we want to do and do should be based on what they want to do or feel is best for them. My dermatologist gave me about 5 different ways to treat my squamous cancer NOT just MOHS. This should be the standard as many ways to treat skin cancer.