Health Information: Skin

Small dark marks on the skin caused by cells in the skin that produce pigment (colour). They are usually brownish, although some may be darker

A lesion and a small amount of normal looking skin around it is removed. Stitches are used. You will typically have a straight-line scar that

The lesion is scraped off. A graze like area remains which scabs up and takes 1 to 2 weeks to heal (6 weeks on the

During the biopsy, the surface of a lesion is shaved off. The roots of the lesion are not removed. The skin will heal from underneath

A small eye-shaped piece of skin is removed. Stitches are used to close the area and you will have a small scar. The typical scar

During this procedure, a small round bladed instrument is used to remove a round core of tissue ranging from 3 to 8 millimetres in diameter.

If your consultant recommends a minor procedure under local anaesthetic, this is done at our day surgery unit within the clinic. They type of procedure

Following your diagnosis your consultant will carry out further tests to identify the type of cancer you have and the extent of its spread. This

Cryotherapy literally means ‘treatment using low temperature’ and refers to the removal of skin lesions by freezing them. The most common agent used by your consultant is liquid nitrogen.

A skin biopsy is a short procedure where a sample of skin is removed and sent to the Pathology laboratory to be analysed under the