Face Gallery

A woman who had a Squamous Cell carcinoma of her lower lip. The lower lip is a frequent place where squamous cell carcinoma develops, typically because of sun exposure. Because the entire vermillion of the lower lip has been exposed and is at risk, when a skin cancer develops here it is often recommended to replace the entire sun exposed vermillion by excising the remainder and then advancing the inner ( not sun exposed) vermillion forward to replace it.
This is sometimes called a “lip shave” procedure. She is shown immediately after Moh’s excision and then 4 ½ years after surgery.

woman in her early 40’s with “split” earlobe. She is shown just before repair under local anesthesia in the office and again, 3 months after repair when she returned for re-piercing

An 18 yo student who has a torn right earlobe, probably from sleeping with her earrings in place. This was repaired for her under local anesthesia in the office. She is shown before and again, 4 months after surgery, and just before repiercing her earlobe in the office.

A man in his early 60’s with a large BCCA of his right ear. He is shown at his initial visit, after Mohs surgery, immediately after repair and again, 6 months after surgery.
A “reduction otoplasty” was selected, reducing the size of the ear but leaving a relatively normal shape. It is interesting that even though the ear is smaller than the other side, we do not generally evaluate and compare both ears at the same time, so he appears “normal” and does not look deformed.