Does your face hurt? (No?) Well – its killing me! That was funny every time I said or heard it as a kid. Now it’s more like, “does your face hurt?” Well, it doesn’t really hurt, but it feels kind of weird.
Between the dermatologist removing the cancer and the plastic surgeon cutting and sewing (and burning?) flesh to fill and cover the crater it left, the most pain was from the needle used to achieve numbness.
After that, there was very little pain. We didn’t count stitches, but the surgeon said lots of little stitches give the best results. The skin cancer is gone, but I’ve added another doctor to check back with regularly.