Don’t let a scary skin cancer diagnosis scare you into avoiding treatment. At Dr. Clifford Lober’s practice in Kissimmee and Ocoee, FL, a board-certified dermatologist who has been practicing for over forty years can put you at ease about what to expect from skin cancer treatment.

Cancer Types

After a cancer diagnosis, you may have a hard time processing all the information given to you regarding treatment and subsequent care after treatment.

Cancer is just normal skin cells that have mutated into abnormal cells, usually from repeated sun exposure to unprotected skin. Cancer cells can be fast-growing and require more aggressive treatment. There are several different types of skin cancer:

• Basal cells form in the basal layer of exposed skin
• Squamous cells form in the squamous layer of skin cells
• Melanoma is the most severe form of cancer. If not caught fast enough, it can spread to other body parts. 

The chance of contracting skin cancer is about 20% in your lifetime, and certain people are more susceptible to cancer, such as fair-skinned people or those with compromised immune systems. 

Treating Skin Cancer

Our dermatologist in Kissimmee and Ocoee, FL, explains that Mohs surgery is one of the more successful skin cancer treatment options for cancer. Dr. Frederic Mohs invented this procedure in the mid-1930s. Since then, it has been perfected and advanced into the excellent surgical technique of today.

According to specialists, Mohs surgery has a 99% success rate. This procedure uses micro-thin slices removed from the skin and then placed under a microscope to ensure that the tiny ring of healthy skin is 100% cancer-free laterally and vertically. 

During your Mohs surgery, the procedure takes longer as your doctor performs each thin slice one at a time, staining the sample and looking at each slice under the microscope. 

If there is cancer still present in the sample, our doctor will continue the surgery and take another thin slice to repeat the procedure until the next slice is 100% cancer-free. Mohs surgery has turned into the gold standard of cancer eradication surgery. After your surgery, our doctor will discuss how the spots should heal.

Suppose your cancer should make a rare occurrence again. Mohs surgery can be performed again with a success rate for non-recurrences of 90 - 94%.

Call Us Today for Information on Mohs Surgery for Skin Cancer.

Remember to call for your yearly skin cancer check-up. With a 99% first-cure rate, Dr. Lober has you in good hands. Call our Kissimmee office at (407) 846-7166 or our Ocoee office at (407) 656-9700 and schedule your appointment today for skin cancer treatment.