Eyelid Skin Cancer Surgery
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Eyelid Skin Cancer
You probably know that skin cancer can affect many different parts of your skin, but did you know Eyelid Skin Cancer can occur on the eyelid margin?
The most common skin cancers in the areas of your eye are Basal cell carcinomas, squamous cell carcinomas and more rarely melanomas or sebaceous cell carcinomas.
Eyelid Skin Cancer Surgery
Eyelid Cancer Symptoms
People with eyelid skin cancer may experience the following symptoms or signs. Sometimes people with eyelid cancer do not show any of the symptoms listed below. Or, these symptoms may be caused by a medical condition that is not cancer.
- A change in appearance of the eyelid skin
- Swelling of the eyelid
- Thickening of the eyelid
- Chronic infection of the eyelid
- An ulceration (area where skin is broken) on the eyelid that does not heal
- A spreading, colored mass on the eyelid
Mohs Surgery Procedure
Often these cancers will be removed by a procedure called Mohs surgery (performed by a dermatologist) but reconstruction of the eyelid to restore its natural anatomy is performed by an oculoplastic eye surgeon.
Mohs surgery is a method for treating skin cancer lesions. During this procedure, the surgeon removes thin layers of skin one layer at a time and examines each layer under a microscope to determine if any cancer remains. This procedure continues until only cancer-free tissue remains.
Since its development, Mohs surgery has been refined into the most precise and advanced treatment for skin cancer, yielding success rates up to 99%. Mohs surgery is so effective because it evaluates the tissue surrounding the cancer more thoroughly than traditional skin cancer surgery techniques. As a result, it is considered the gold standard treatment for high-risk skin cancers, such as those located on the head and neck or those with aggressive growth patterns.