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As i wait for appointment for the mohs surgery my ear is scanning up and very itchy and burnt at times is there anything i can put on it??
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Ointment to the area: Your itching comes from the superficial irritation from the skin cancer on the surface of the ear...( I presume that is why you are having the MOHs procedure)...Bacitraacin os Neopsporin ointment may help you until you have the sugrey performed... t
Answered 9/28/2016
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OTC benzocaine: Over the counter benzocaine, an ingredient in sun burn remedies, would reduce the symptom until you can have definitive treatment. A prescription agent, viscous lidocaine, would do the same and probably more effectively.
Answered 9/28/2016
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