Services
Skin Cancer Check and Diagnosis
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A full body skin checkup involves careful examination of your skin under bright light and dermatoscopy. Usually, underwear areas are not examined unless there is any concern and the patient wishes to have the areas examined. Disposable gowns are available.
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Dermlite dermatoscopy has evolved as the instrument of choice for the world’s leading skin cancer experts. Precision-engineered and crafted from solid aluminum, it is the first handheld DermLite to integrate a 25mm four-element lens, which offers greatly reduced optical distortion and a sharper image across the field of view.
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Twenty-one high-powered LEDs produce approximately 30% more illumination in cross-polarized mode to create a brighter image. In other words, it means that your Doctor can see all your moles and spots more closely and monitor any changes that happen more easily.
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Where necessary moles are monitored with Derm-engine (a new technology that is used to take photographs of the moles that can be stored to monitor interval changes for short, medium, and long term)
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Biopsy: Shave biopsy, punch biopsy, and Incision biopsy – taking a small sample of suspicious moles for further processing and microscopic examination by some of the best dermatopathologists in the country removal of suspicious moles by excision biopsy to rule out high-risk skin cancers like melanomas.
Skin Cancer Treatments
The type of treatment can range from simple freezing or using creams to treating with flap or skin graft. It depends on multiple factors such as size, thickness, location, type, subtype of cancer.
We Offer
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Excision of skin cancers and closure of defects by side-to-side closure, Flaps, split-thickness skin grafts, and full thickness skin grafts were required.
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Cryotherapy with liquid nitrogen for Actinic Keratosis.
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Cautery and Curettage: used to treat early small superficial skin cancers, cancer is scrapped off and the base burnt with the help of electrocautery/diathermy.
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Non-surgical treatment: Topical chemotherapy/immunotherapy. Solaraze, Effudix, Aldara, Picato etc.
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Photodynamic therapy (PDT) for sun damage, pre-cancerous lesions, and early carcinomas.