BCC Removal *thread contains graphic images*

At least it's been removed. Take it easy. You'll be back to normal soon..

Your face has been cut and poked about and had something taken away. Probably stitches also. .Obviously, going to be bruised and swollen.

Surely you did not expect it to look normal within 24 hours.!!!! At least a week or two for it to heal totally.

That’s a bit harsh Franbern.
Mamgul2 didn’t say she expected to be back to normal in a day did she? She was just expressing an understandable alarm at how gruesome it looked.

I hope you feel better soon OP!

Glad that it is now gone - the only way is up as healing takes place. Good luck.

I have no idea what it is. 😐

Thank you ladies no I didn’t expect to to be back to normal straight away just hoped someone on GN had had the same procedure having the stitches removed in a weeks time .

Shinamae it’s a Basal Cell Carcinoma it started as a small spot on my chin that just wouldn’t heal up .

MamGu12

Thank you ladies no I didn’t expect to to be back to normal straight away just hoped someone on GN had had the same procedure having the stitches removed in a weeks time .

Shinamae it’s a Basal Cell Carcinoma it started as a small spot on my chin that just wouldn’t heal up .

Thank you

Hello it’s me again had stitches removed surgeon pleased with it but didn’t suggest putting anything on it to help scar heal just clean it with warm water and pat dry . One of my friends have said they used a Silicone Scar Gel after the same treatment I had to help the scar fade quicker.

So as anyone else who as had a BCC removed used a cream of any kind to help the scar fade .

I used bio oil, I think they have it there. I have had a couple removed, the joys of living in a sunny climate !

My mum had two removed one from her nose and one her back she had quite a lot of flesh taken but they healed well and although there was a scar it wasn’t horrendous
She didn’t use anything

Yes, here in France it goes on the post-op prescription! We have La Roche Posay Cicatrice (scar) cream. I think there is an Avène one as well. Should be available in the UK. DH has had several removed, the last one on his nose under GA with a skin graft.

Thank you nanna8 that is what I thought to put on it but as the nurse who removed the stitches didn’t suggest anything I wondered if it’s a new way forward ….

I am a bit self conscious of it as it’s on my chin and the outline of the scar is about the size of a ten pence piece I just hope it fades over time I know it’s nothing to what so many people have to endure.

I was told to keep my scars covered for a year. Easy really, they've been on arms, legs, and my back - clothing is all I need.

Vitamin E oil on scars, from right after surgery, reduces scarring.

I used Rescue Remedy Cream and my face healed wonderfully well ... so much so that the nurse commented on it and said that many of her patients used it.

MamGu - I don’t want to sound patronising. Be glad that the BCC has been diagnosed and removed. Don’t worry about the scar. I’m sure it will fade in time.

Hope you soon get back to normal after the procedure. I have to admit, when I was scrolling down the list of threads, I thought it said BBC removal

Thank you so much ladies for reassuring and informative reply’s as usual.

I’m having my nose shortened today , is the title of the thread I started last week whilst I was having my MOHs procedure.
Seems that there has been a rash of threads about skin problems and BCCs since so I won’t go through it all again.
If you are interested MamGul it’s there.
I’m having the protective sponge removed tomorrow so I will get a better idea of how much nose I have left.

I had a cyst on my chin a few months ago which left a big wound. I wore a dressing and then a plaster (band aid) on it for quite a while, and even after I went without a dressing, wrapped my scarf higher round my neck to disguise it a little.

All together, I guess it took about 6 weeks to 2 months to heal to a point where I wasn't worrying about how it looked.

It sounds as if my experience of BCC removal was very different from the procedure described by the OP.
I had three BCCs (two on the side of my nose and one on my cheekbone) removed 8 months ago by a plastic surgeon at my local hospital, painlessly with only local anaesthesia and most efficiently. All the wounds were neatly stitched. I was provided with a little tube of antibiotic gel to prevent post-op infection. In due course, the stitches dissolved themselves. It didn't take too long for the scars to disappear. I had asked the surgeon if I'd be able to drive home after the surgery and as he saw no reason not to, I did so - very cautiously.

Depends on the spread and area annodomini my sisters and I have had a variety of treatments.
This is what mine looks like this morning.

I had a BCC removed from the side of my nose three or four years ago. I have been left with an inch long scar.

For a scar after a cut on my hand I was encouraged to massage it to soften the scar tissue and get the skin back to normal. It can't do any harm, especially as you would use cream or oil.

I think I remember doing a pinching action as well - the idea was that the lesions in the subcutaneous layers should be loosened. ("loosened" is not quite the right word - made more supple, and to improve the circulation)