Moles, Warts & Scar Revision Surgery
Get rid of any unsightly blemish on your face to look your best!.
Before & After
A number of minor blemishes like moles, warts, skin tags, brown and skin coloured growths or even just milia and scars may affect your appearance. While they are only rarely of any medical consequence, many clients seek their removal for cosmetic reasons. Removal of skin lesions requires only about 30 minutes minutes and can be performed under a local anaesthetic. Typically, skin lesions and moles will not recur after removal. Rather than using a scalpel blade, at our clinic almost all skin lesions are removed using the modern radio frequency equipment, which makes the procedure virtually bloodless leaving only a minimal scar. The surgery is only performed by accredited NHS surgical consultants.
Before & After
Most moles and blemishes are “benign”, or non-cancerous. However, because some moles can transform into a cancer, it’s always a good idea to have a physician evaluate a suspicious lesion. The overwhelming majority of skin cancers are curable, and the key to success is to receive early treatment. Features suggesting cancerous change include a sudden change in size, shape or color, bleeding, itching, swelling or pain.
Even benign moles can have a negative impact on your looks particularly if present on face or exposed parts of the body. The mole may be unattractive, or becomes irritated by clothing. Such moles can be surgically removed.
Before & After
Excision biopsy is necessary when the mole is flat, or when a cancer is suspected (e.g., melanoma). The full depth of the mole is removed and the wound is sutured. The specimen is then sent to a lab for pathological examination. The scar that results from excision may be only a thin line.
If there is a high suspicion of cancer, then a margin of clean tissue is removed around the lesion. This ensures that all parts of the lesion have been removed. With a mole on the face, the surgeon may close the site using extremely fine sutures on the surface, and absorbable sutures beneath the skin. Stitches are usually removed after 4 or 5 days.
Surgical Scar Revision
Before & After
A scar is the body’s attempt to heal itself after any injury. In many instances, an injury heals with minimal evidence of a scar. Unfortunately, in other cases, the prominence or the site of a scar detracts from a person’s appearance.
Scar modification can be achieved by performing minor surgical procedures. During surgical revision, the scar tissue is excised. Next, the surrounding skin is carefully brought together with very fine sutures, to minimize tension and to maximize contact at the healthy surfaces. In this manner, wider scars are narrowed, and longer scars are shortened.
Surgical revision can change the size of a scar, raise depressed areas, or lower elevated scars. While it is not possible to remove all evidence of a scar, revision procedures improve the appearance while leaving another (though less obvious) scar in its place. The redness associated with a scar revision usually fades over weeks to months. Because every scar is different and requires a different approach, a consultation with the surgeon is needed to determine the best approach to treat your scar. Scar revision is performed in our clinic using local anaesthesia, using radio frequency equipment.
Punch Grafts:
Punch grafting is often the best treatment for deep acne scars (“icepick” scars). Here a small instrument to remove the scar. Then, the site is filled with a new plug of skin. The new skin is secured into place for about seven days to permit healing. In other cases, the edges of the wound are re-approximated closely with sutures. With either method, the new scar will have a smoother contour and will be less apparent than the depressed scar. Some individuals with significant acne scarring may be candidates for grafting followed by laser resurfacing to give the entire face a smoother, fresher appearance.
