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How can you remove a basal cell?

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Information: Dessication and curettage. Effudex or carac. Cautery, freezing or surgical excision. For invasive basal cells cancers excision is usually the best. A popular technique is called moh's surgery.

Answered 4/17/2013

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Many options: Many options include topical agent such as imiquimod, curettage and desiccation ("scrape and burn"), photodynamic therapy, lasers, surgical excision, radiation, but the gold standard with the highest cure rate and smallest scar is mohs micrographic surgery.

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