Hi EWmum

I had a biopsy on crease of nostril on 2 March 2022.

Invasive bcc.

Last year a bcc nodule removed, no clear margins. That was done by excision. Not mohs. So they're monitoring that one. 

What is hard is your face or body is cut, time and time again. Stitches have to heal, trying to make sure no infection sets in. BCC's can grow deep, even if your bcc on the outside looks small, it can be much bigger underneath. I have so many scars now, and more skin cancer to deal with. My chest is a mass of scars from freezing treatments and chemo cream, my face Is catching up. Hard on the mental health. 

You wait so long for treatment because a bcc ( tho a bcc has many subtypes,some invasively harsh) is not considered as much of a risk than more fast growing cancers. So in a way it is reassuring that a bcc is for the most part treatable with a high cure rate if treated early. No such thing as a good cancer either.

Hi, 

Just to update the post! The biopsy came back as not cancerous and they asked me to go back a few months later suspecting that I had caused it from me picking it.

In the follow up appointment the dermatologist was talking as if it was gone and was shocked when I showed him that it was still growing. 

It turned out be a rare benign tumour called myofibroma which is rare in adults. I had the tragus of my ear removed completely and now all healed  

Hi, 

Just to update the post! The biopsy came back as not cancerous and they asked me to go back a few months later suspecting that I had caused it from me picking it.

In the follow up appointment the dermatologist was talking as if it was gone and was shocked when I showed him that it was still growing. 

It turned out be a rare benign tumour called myofibroma which is rare in adults. I had the tragus of my ear removed completely and now all healed