Christopher Abela

About the clinic

This guide was designed for patients and their families interested in understanding skin cancer treatment. It provides information on sun safety, abnormal nails, curettage, radiotherapy, hospital discharge, follow on care and screening, follow up appointments, second appointment, plan and quote, pre-operative preparation, and recovery.

Interesting facts

• The clinic examines individual risks related to medical situations such as high blood pressure and smoking before surgery.
• The surgeon assesses the patient’s mental and emotional attitudes toward the surgery before proceeding.
• The clinic offers a satisfaction backup and advises against taking out loans to finance cosmetic surgery.
• Breast augmentation is a major operation, not a minor one, and patients should ask the right questions and make informed decisions.
• Patients should think about their attitude to sunshine after the diagnosis of any skin cancer.
• Brown coloration that occurs under a nail or at the base of a nail may represent a subungual melanoma.
• Radiotherapy can be used after surgery to treat any remaining tiny tumor cells around the surgical area.
• The guide was designed for patients and their families interested in understanding skin cancer treatment.
• Curettage can be used to scrape away the damaged cells in the top layers of the skin in cases of early sun damage.

Benefits

Benefits of Skin Surgery and Cancer Treatment

The clinic offers surgical and non-surgical options to treat skin complaints such as moles, lesions, lumps, bumps, blemishes, skin cancer, and other skin anomalies. The surgeon is highly experienced and trained in leading malignant melanoma and skin cancer specialist units and has removed and/or reconstructed over 2,000 skin complaints. Patients can expect good scars that are well-hidden, thin, and pale. Additionally, the guide provides important information on sun safety, abnormal nails, and radiotherapy to help patients and their families understand skin cancer treatment.

Top Medical procedures

Medical Procedures:

• Skin surgery
• Non-surgical options (derma-rollering, BOTOX, and fillers)
• Reconstructive surgery (for conditions such as infections, burns, and hand injuries)
• Cosmetic surgery
• Local flap procedures
• Skin grafts
• Curettage
• Radiotherapy