Hi Milly163 I noticed you had commented on another post about a recent bcc diagnosis on your nose. I was in the same position as you last summer. Thought it might be useful to read previous posts on this thread. I know that when I was newly diagnosed I was desperate to get any feedback about surgery and how it was going to look afterwards. I’m 5 months post skin graft surgery and it’s been a month since I last posted on here. Within the last month my skin graft has greatly improved and I’m feeling more confident as time goes by. Please feel free to ask any questions. Best wishes 

Hi Lou, I’m so glad to see your post about the improvement in your graft, and your greater confidence. I thought/ hoped that would happen eventually. It’s good you went for the laser treatment I guess!
I’ve got my date in early July, so just waiting. My bcc isn’t growing as far as I can tell. The biopsy kind of took the core of it out, it doesn’t get irritated and scab any more, like it used to occasionally. Well fingers xd anyway.

I’ve got a question for you please … did they tell you to stay home for a few days with your stitches after the surgery, or were you allowed to go out straight away with a bandage over the stitches? I’ve got grandchild babysitting to do that week!

Hi Dawn, nice to hear from you. Yes, I really believe that it’s the steroid injections and laser surgery which greatly improved the skin graft appearance. It’s amazing that I’m still noticing small but positive changes even a month after having the injections and laser surgery. 
I’m pleased to hear you have a surgery date. My surgeon suggested that I would need a week off work but realistically that was not enough time so I took off 3. My face was heavily bandaged with bandages over my nose and behind my ear. If you’re  not having a graft then perhaps you wouldn’t need such heavy (pressure) bandaging and you wouldn’t have a second (donor) site being bandaged either. Are you having one or two bcc removed? 

Thanks Lou! Gosh yes if I need a graft and pressure bandages, babysitting that week would be impractical. From what’s visible on the surface, I wouldn’t likely need one but the bcc may extend further under the surface, being partially infiltrative. We’d best make other plans for the kids, just in case.

Please feel free to ask any questions, especially as you get closer to the surgery date. I’ll be thinking of you. 

Thanks Lou, it’s inspiring to know how well things turned out for you. I’m glad you got the laser and cortisone treatment, just wondering did the doctors offer that or did you have to research it yourself?