A 70-year-old woman with melanoma underwent wide excision resulting in a skin defect on the left cheek. She underwent reconstruction with a large facial flap to give the best color and texture match with a well hidden scar. Surgeon: Jessica Wang, MD Procedure: Cervicofacial flap Anesthesia: Twilight sedation Duration: 1 hour Result: 6 months after surgery

This 75-year-old man with skin cancer of the right ear underwent Mohs excision resulting in a defect through the cartilage on the right central ear. He underwent reconstruction with skin from the back of the ear. Surgeon: Jessica Wang, MD Procedure: single stage reconstruction with local flap Anesthesia: twilight sedation Duration: 1 hour Result: 3 […]

This 67-year-old man with skin cancer of the nose underwent Mohs excision resulting in a defect on the right nose. He underwent 2 stage reconstruction with cheek skin. Surgeon: Jessica Wang, MD Procedure: 2 stage reconstruction with cheek flap (stages performed 3 weeks apart) Anesthesia: wide awake with local anesthesia Duration: 1 hour Result: 3 […]

A 71-year-old woman diagnosed with upper lip skin cancer underwent Mohs excision, resulting in a large defect of the left upper lip. The upper lip was reconstructed by using skin from the lower lip. This required a two-stage approach where the lips were tethered together for 3 weeks followed by division. Surgeon: Jessica Wang, MD […]

A 67-year-old man diagnosed with right ear skin cancer underwent Mohs excision, leaving him with a large defect of the ear rim and exposed cartilage. Surgeon: Jessica Wang, MD Procedure: 2 stage ear reconstruction with post-auricular flap (stages performed 3 to 4 weeks apart) Anesthesia: Twilight sedation Duration: 1.5 hours Result: Shown 3 months after […]