Cases in Skin Cancer

Surgical Hole After Skin Cancer Removal: This young patient underwent Mohs surgery and needed to have this hole repaired after successfully removing the tumour. Plastic Surgical Reconstruction by Dr Hussain: In order to minimise the scarring and keep everything within the cosmetic unit of the upper lip, I repaired the wound with a layered primary…  read more

Surgical Hole After Skin Cancer Removal: A highly visible hole is seen in the centre of this patient’s forehead after Mohs skin cancer removal. Plastic Surgical Reconstruction by Dr Hussain: To hide the scar lines within existing expression lines, I performed a layered primary repair ensuring that the horizontal forehead wrinkles were lined up with…  read more

Surgical Hole After Skin Cancer Removal: This challenging hole resulted after Mohs surgery to remove a skin cancer from the tip of the nose. Almost all of the nasal tip is gone plus an area on the left rim of the nose referred to as the soft triangle. Plastic Surgical Reconstruction by Dr Hussain: I…  read more

Surgical Hole After Skin Cancer Removal: Even though Mohs surgery creates the smallest hole necessary to ensure a skin cancer is removed, sometimes the resulting hole can still be significant as in this case where the majority of the upper nose has been been removed. Plastic Surgical Reconstruction by Dr Hussain: Although a skin graft…  read more

Surgical Hole After Skin Cancer Removal: This lady had a skin cancer removed with Mohs surgery which resulted in this oddly shaped wound involving the upper lip. Plastic Surgical Reconstruction by Dr Hussain: Despite the width of the defect, there was enough laxity in the surrounding skin to enable me to repair the wound in…  read more

Surgical Hole After Skin Cancer Removal: This patient had a very large skin cancer removed with Mohs surgery on his right cheek. Plastic Surgical Reconstruction by Dr Hussain: The options for repairing such a large defect are fairly limited. A large skin graft would cover the wound but I felt would not result in a…  read more

Surgical Hole After Skin Cancer Removal: After Mohs surgery, this patient had a significant hole on his right upper lip, just beneath his nose. Plastic Surgical Reconstruction by Dr Hussain: To keep the scars within the cosmetic unit of the upper lip, I performed a flap often referred to as a V to Y advancement….  read more

Surgical Hole After Skin Cancer Removal: This patient was referred to me by another doctor, after 2 failed attempts to successfully remove a skin cancer on his left forehead. After Mohs surgery, although the cancer had been successfully removed, the resulting defect was very large indeed. Plastic Surgical Reconstruction by Dr Hussain: Although a skin…  read more