When you attend for your consultation, you will be seen by a specialist plastic surgeon, who will take a short medical history from you and some photographs of the lesion for your medical records.  They will discuss with you your options for treatment, which can often include a small operation under local anaesthetic injections.  Following this discussion, if you are happy to proceed, you will be offered a further appointment to return for your surgery.

All surgery at Glasgow Skin Specialists is carried out under local anaesthetic.  These are skin-numbing injections, similar to that used at a dentist.  They can be a bit sore, and younger patients may prefer to use a skin-numbing cream prior to the injections to lessen the feeling of the needle.  Once the skin is numbed, the surgery can be performed.  Depending on what surgery is required, you may have some stitches, and these might need to be removed at a later date.

Following your surgery, you will be given some aftercare information and offered a follow-up appointment free of charge, to ensure your wounds have healed satisfactorily and to take some post-operative photographs.  If a tissue sample was sent for analysis, the results of this will be discussed with you at your follow-up appointment.