Understanding the Benefits of Mohs Surgery

Understanding the Benefits of Mohs Surgery

If you have abnormal areas of skin which may be skin cancer, you might be worried about surgery. You might think surgery will be disfiguring. You need to discover the benefits of Mohs surgery, a minimally invasive type of skin surgery. The dermatologists at Southside Dermatology and Skin Cancer Surgery provide a wide range of dermatology services, including Mohs surgery. They have three convenient office locations in Tulsa, Muskogee, and Broken Arrow, OK to help you.

How Mohs Surgery Can Help You

Mohs surgery offers some important benefits that can’t be matched by conventional skin surgery. Consider that Mohs surgery is:

• Very effective, boasting a cure rate of 99% for initial cases, and 94% for recurrent skin cancer cases, according to the Skin Cancer Foundation
• More comfortable, with most surgeries being completed with just local anesthetic
• Pleasing aesthetically, because Mohs surgery is much less invasive and causes minimal to no scarring
• Convenient, because Mohs surgery can be performed on an outpatient basis, requiring no hospital stay

When you choose Mohs surgery, your dermatologist or surgeon will remove a thin layer of tissue and examine it under a Mohs microscope. If cancerous cells are found, another thin layer will be removed and examined. The process continues until normal skin cells are found. The layer-by-layer Mohs technique means that minimal tissue is removed, so your end result is aesthetically pleasing.

Mohs surgery is a revolutionary technique to diagnose and treat skin cancer and other skin abnormalities. Thanks to Mohs surgery, you don’t have to worry about disfiguring, inconvenient, painful skin surgery. Mohs can treat your skin and help you look your best.

Want To Know More?

To discover more about the benefits of MOHS surgery and how it can help you, call the dermatologists at Southside Dermatology and Skin Cancer Surgery. You can reach them in Tulsa, OK, by calling (918) 760-0700, or in Muskogee, at (918) 840-5276, or in Broken Arrow, OK, by calling (918) 770-4599. Call today.