Skin doctor/ clinic in Canberra

Amazing how many skin cancer experts we have here we have posting here….especially those that have never really had one.
A biopsy is essential for anything vaguely looking like a skin cancer that is removed, not only does it tell you and the doctor what it was, but if removal was complete. This is dont under a microscope, you can’t simply look at it and proclaim you’ve removed it all!
I’ve had several Basal cell carcinomas frozen off and they ALL have left a scar.
Some things MUST be surgically removed, a proper melanoma is very deep into the skin, or at least all three I’ve had removed have been. They were typically as deep as they were wide.
Doctors that remove moles, panicking you into believing it’s a skin cancer, frankly are taking your money. Unless that mole has increased in size significantly or other similar indicators, you have been had.
It amazes me that people trivialise skin cancers, they are just as likely to lead to secondary cancers and can be extremely disfiguring in their own right.
If you’ve never had skin cancer and just get moles removed purely for your extreme vanity, perhaps you should bow out of the discussion, as you have nothing of relevance to add.

I’m sure melanoma sufferers will be pleased to know their GP’s time is being wasted by such pointless procedures.

El – so does plastic surgery, lypo, tooth veneers, breast enlargement….. I’ll stop there, but you get the picture?

billyboy said :

el – cosmetic reasons would be a more common reason than necessity for removal. I guess some of us are vainer than others.

Seriously? That’s completely ridiculous.

el – cosmetic reasons would be a more common reason than necessity for removal. I guess some of us are vainer than others.

Most moles just manage to hang on by one or two layers of skin – I’ve actually had 2 just fall off of their own accord without any intervention. Funnily (if that’s the word) of the several people I know who have developed skin cancer requiring surgery, all their cancers developed in what they considered good healthy skin.

billyboy said :

There’s no need to be stung for an autopsy of the mole either, particularly if it’s not suspect.

This just doesn’t make sense.

If it’s not suspect, why is it being removed (frozen or otherwise) in the first place?

I agree with Billyboy.
If you can get moles/ sunspots/ haemangiomas frozen off do it: much quicker and less painful.
My GP does it in his rooms, I have had one frozen off my nose(!), and other than small scab for a few days, it healed up fine with no scarring at all.
I have also had the ‘jab and hack’ method for a large mole and found it pretty painful for some time. Lots of blood!! Neessary though, I would think , for a larger skin lesion
A member of my family has had melanoma.
Just get it checked!

South side, Dr Stephen Barson in Kambah village shopping centre (upstairs).
Very efficient, well run practice, appointments always within 5 mins of time etc.
I’ve had a couple of cuts done there and several freezes.
I’ve had five Basal cell carcinomas surgically removed at various places around NSW, he is by far the best yet.

interested in any second opinions on what billyboy says…. i want some moles dealt with in a proactive way but don’t want invasive stuff to do so.

Ill second Jamo, been there a number of times…….unfortunately

I’ll vote for Jamo

Jamison Medical & Skin Cancer ClinicOpen
8:30am – 5:30pm Monday – Friday

(02) 6251 2300
‘Bank Building’ Jamison Centre
U 2 Bowman St
Macquarie ACT 2614

The one at Jamison is really good and I found much quicker to get into than Hawker. Avoid the one in Kambah, the scars he left are horrid and according to other docotrs I’ve seen, unnecessary

I lived in Darwin for 4 years and the Docs up there know their stuff. One thing I wanted to say was up there they freeze moles off, the same as warts. In Canberra, they seem to prefer invasive surgery. Freezing leaves barely a mark, the mole falls off by itself. 99% of moles just sit on the surface of your skin – they don’t have roots as some people believe!!!

There’s no need to be stung for an autopsy of the mole either, particularly if it’s not suspect. Try and find a doc that will freeze it off and make sure they use a dry ice pot, not cotton wool wrapped on a stick. I’ve had a few moles removed by all these methods so am speaking from experience. It should end up costing no more than the cost of a visit.

definately the one in Hawker – five stars

Dr Andrew Morris of The Morris Practice in Kingston is a wholistic style GP who also has a specialty skin cancer practice of some sort I believe. I highly recommend him and his practice.

Dr van Rensberg at Tilyard Drive Medical Centre in Charnwood has a skin clinic as part of his practice and is one of the best doctors I’ve ever had the pleasure of dealing with. Not sure if they’re taking new patients right now though.

I’ve also been to the one in Hawker. It wasn’t cheap, but worth every cent when they discovered and removed something sus from Mr RatsNest

I second what RandomPoster said.
I’ve been there as well. Very professional.
Ph 62786760

I have been to the one in Hawker, they seemed quite good. I believe they are called “Canberra Skin Cancer Clinic”