Having a Skin Graft. What to Expect?
Hi, All!
Okay, some of you know that I recently had skin cancer removed from my nose. I waited too long and it had grown to a fairly large size.
I promise that I won't wait too long again! The shots and surgery weren't really all that bad! I just was being "chicken", thinking things might go away and that maybe I could handle things on my own.
WRONG!
Never would really heal... It was all basil cell carcinoma.
Surgeon took things down to the bone. At least three pathology reports to wait for while I was on the operating table. In the end though, everything came back "clear".
Now have a skin graft over the area. Skin was taken off my left collar bone to cover the area from where the cancer was excised.
Questions...
Will I ever have feeling in that area again?
It looks like a piece of "meat" that has been softened with a meat tenderizing mallet. Are those my pores that I'm seeing? I know that there weren't sutures put throughout the whole thing.
Will the same hair that was on my collar bone be growing out of the skin graft?
Will the skin graft blend in with the other skin on my face?
That's just a start here...
If you've had a skin graft or experience with others having a skin graft, I would really appreciate hearing from you!
Thanks!