Mohs Skin Cancer Surgery Chelmsford

Mohs surgery is carried out by a surgeon who is able to remove cancerous tissue, analyse the removed tissue in the lab during the procedure, and finally close up the wound.

The procedure will be done during a single visit. You will have a local anaesthetic injected to numb the area completely. During the surgery, your surgeon removes a very thin layer of tissue at a time. They then look at each layer under a microscope, to determine where the cancer is. From this, they know exactly where to take the next layer from. This continues until no cancerous skin cells remain.

By doing it in stages like this, your surgeon can ensure they remove as little healthy skin tissue as possible, reducing any scarring. Depending on the size of the wound, it may be left open to heal or closed up with stitches. The whole process can take several hours depending on how many layers need to be removed.