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Cryosurgery for Skin Lesions: A Dermatologist Answers Your Questions

By Merely Me, Health Guide Tuesday, September 06, 2011
Many of you have had questions about treatment to remove non-melanoma skin lesions. We have talked extensively about Mohs Surgery  as a treatment option to remove certain types of skin cancers especially basal cell  and squamous cell carcinomas. Today we are going to talk about a surgical t...
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9/ 7/11 11:19am

Hi, Merely Me.  I've had this done several times on my face and it's left no scars whatsoever.  The pain involved was minimal, more like a stinging and aching sensation afterward, for a short time.  Thanks for bringing this up, because it reminds me that I need to get a check-up and see if I need any more treatments!  I have very fair skin and when I was a kid, of course we never used sunscreen and I would always burn.  Now I know better.

Merely Me, Health Guide
10/12/11 8:17pm

I have fair skin too.

 

*sigh*

 

I don't ever tan...and as a kid and teen I would burn and peel. 

 

I have had three moles removed already and I probably will have more removed.  I do see my dermatologist at least once a year to do a complete skin check.  And that reminds me...it is almost time for me to do this.  Then there is the mammogram...my yearly MRI....the dentist...the physical...and....and.  LOL

 

It is all worth it though to stay healthy.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by this site.  I hope to see more of you here!  :>)

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By Merely Me, Health Guide— Last Modified: 10/12/11, First Published: 09/06/11