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Lower leg lesion had for 3 months

Banker
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Have a Lowe leg lesion went to the gp he said I did not meet criteria and gave me flouracil for 4 weeks . Did not go away so back to doctors and now on 2 week pathway. Mine stings and burns and is flat like scar. I have looked it  up and it could be aggressive BCC and I am scared to death. Any one else had these feeling or aggressive BCC

  • Hi Banker

    You will not know what it is until the specialists at Dermatology have a look at the lesion. BCC is usually slow growing while SCC can develop more quickly. The lower leg is a common site on women. Treatment is usually surgery to remove it which in near 100% effective. You likely have other sun damaged areas of skin and it is worth taking the usual precautions to avoid strong UV sunlight to prevent further occurrences. There is a long wait on the NHS for this type of surgery typically 9 months in our NHS Trust. If it is a BCC / SCC and you can afford to, consider private treatment even then there is quite a wait. Ive had many of these removed and if you follow the surgeons after care instructions it will be successful. Best

    Ed

  • Offline in reply to Farmer_Ed

    Hi Ed

    thank you for reply, I have been referred for pictures instead of going to dermatology. This is adding to delay my stress levels have gon through the roof. 

    Thank you once again for your reply.

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