Our setup is different to many other clinics.
As well as an appointment with your doctor, there is a concurrent appointment with one of our trained procedural nurses. Occasionally you may receive SMS reminders for both appointments.
We suggest arriving at least 5 minutes before your appointment time.
When it is time for the procedure, one of our trained nurses will accompany you to one of the procedural rooms. The nurse will check your personal details against the procedural booking form, verify any history of drug or tape allergies, and locate the region of the proposed surgery site. The area may need cleansing or shaving, and they will also discuss your preference for positioning, especially if there is pre-existing physical injury such as back pain or leg discomfort.
When the pre-operative preparations are done, your doctor will come in and go through any medical questions you may have about the procedure, and when you are ready, begin the first of many steps involved in the excision of the skin lesion, from administration of local anaethestics , to excsion of the skin cancer, to cautery of any blood vessels, and to closure of the skin with sutures, and finally to a suitable dressing being applied.
Once the procedure is completed by your treating doctor, our nurses will resume their continuing role. They will apply further dressings and wound advice.
During normal office hours, your treating doctor will provide routine aftercare if there is concern about the wound or healing. Afterhours, our team of nurses will provide emergency afterhours care advice, supported by a team of doctors separate to your treating doctor.
At 1-2 weeks you will return for removal of sutures and discussion of the result with your doctor. Once the sutures have been removed, the next phase of wound healing begins. You can start applying the supplied scar reduction silicion gel with advice from our nurses who can apply wound taping to reduce tension. This phase of scar optimisation will last for approximately 3 months.
As well as an appointment with your doctor, there is a concurrent appointment with one of our trained procedural nurses. Occasionally you may receive SMS reminders for both appointments.
We suggest arriving at least 5 minutes before your appointment time.
When it is time for the procedure, one of our trained nurses will accompany you to one of the procedural rooms. The nurse will check your personal details against the procedural booking form, verify any history of drug or tape allergies, and locate the region of the proposed surgery site. The area may need cleansing or shaving, and they will also discuss your preference for positioning, especially if there is pre-existing physical injury such as back pain or leg discomfort.
When the pre-operative preparations are done, your doctor will come in and go through any medical questions you may have about the procedure, and when you are ready, begin the first of many steps involved in the excision of the skin lesion, from administration of local anaethestics , to excsion of the skin cancer, to cautery of any blood vessels, and to closure of the skin with sutures, and finally to a suitable dressing being applied.
Once the procedure is completed by your treating doctor, our nurses will resume their continuing role. They will apply further dressings and wound advice.
During normal office hours, your treating doctor will provide routine aftercare if there is concern about the wound or healing. Afterhours, our team of nurses will provide emergency afterhours care advice, supported by a team of doctors separate to your treating doctor.
At 1-2 weeks you will return for removal of sutures and discussion of the result with your doctor. Once the sutures have been removed, the next phase of wound healing begins. You can start applying the supplied scar reduction silicion gel with advice from our nurses who can apply wound taping to reduce tension. This phase of scar optimisation will last for approximately 3 months.