Often the scar can be hidden in your natural skin folds. The most important point about skin cancer is that it needs to be completely removed. Many people have lost ears and eyes because their doctor did not remove the entire tumor and some people have lost their lives. When skin cancers are not cured they come back more aggressive and more difficult to treat. Every 2 weeks we see a patient that has had a recurrence of a skin cancer and some of these have been over 2 inches in size.
All surgery has risks.
The risks of complications are low for skin surgery. All patients will have a scar. You need to be patient because the scar will not have its final appearance for six to twelve months after the surgery. Most patients will have numbness in the area for six months, but this can last up to two years. The risk of infection is low, but studies show that no matter how clean the surgery is, some wounds will get infected.