Hi, I had what looked like a tiny spot on the side of my nose that seemed to keep coming back. Was  diagnosed as a BCC. Had a biopsy which confirmed the diagnosis. Had it removed under local anaesthetic three weeks ago. The surgery was fine apart from the first two injections to numb it, OUCH but that only lasted a couple of minutes.  Before the op they talked me through the stitching procedures - pulling the skin together and stitching, creating a flap ( not sure how that was going to happen!) or a skin graft.  Fortunately the surgeon said there was plenty of skin to pull it together. Had six stitches and did look like I'd been in a fight but the stitches are now dissolving and there will be a scar but I'm confident that once I can start putting something on it apart from Vaseline it shouldn't be too noticeable. Hope it all goes OK for you. Ooh, just remembered buy a hat to keep it out of the sun until it heals when you can put sunscreen on again!

Hi, I had what looked like a tiny spot on the side of my nose that seemed to keep coming back. Was  diagnosed as a BCC. Had a biopsy which confirmed the diagnosis. Had it removed under local anaesthetic three weeks ago. The surgery was fine apart from the first two injections to numb it, OUCH but that only lasted a couple of minutes.  Before the op they talked me through the stitching procedures - pulling the skin together and stitching, creating a flap ( not sure how that was going to happen!) or a skin graft.  Fortunately the surgeon said there was plenty of skin to pull it together. Had six stitches and did look like I'd been in a fight but the stitches are now dissolving and there will be a scar but I'm confident that once I can start putting something on it apart from Vaseline it shouldn't be too noticeable. Hope it all goes OK for you. Ooh, just remembered buy a hat to keep it out of the sun until it heals when you can put sunscreen on again!