A white scar may form in the treated area. This approach is sometimes used for cancer that involves only the outer layer of skin. Sometimes, especially when a large cancer is removed, a skin graft is needed to close the wound and reduce the amount of scarring. For this procedure, the doctor takes a piece of healthy skin from another part of the body to replace the skin that was removed. Doctors often use this treatment for cancers that occur in areas that are hard to treat with surgery.
Topical chemotherapy is the use of anticancer drugs in a cream or lotion applied to the skin.
Intense inflammation is common during treatment, but scars usually don't occur.