Surgery for non melanoma skin cancer

There are many different types of surgery for non melanoma skin cancer. The surgery you have depends on the type of skin cancer you have.

Moh's micrographic surgery (MMS) is a type of surgery for skin cancer. It is a specialist type of surgery that aims to remove all the skin cancer and leave as much healthy skin tissue as possible.

You usually have your skin cancer operation as a day patient with local anaesthetic. But for larger operations, you might have a general anaesthetic and be asleep for the operation.

You usually have surgery under a local anaesthetic. But you might have a a general anaesthetic if you need to have a larger operation.

Your recovery time will depend on the type of surgery you had. You might have surgery as a day patient or spend a night in hospital if you had a larger operation.