Arizona-based executive Rajan Bhatt holds an MD and MBA degree. The author of several professional publications, he leads Spectrum Dermatology, Spectrum Plastic Surgery, and Valley Surgery Center as founder and CEO. At Spectrum Dermatology, Rajan Bhatt’s team provides a range of services, including surgical dermatology procedures like Mohs surgery, a special technique that removes skin cancers. Although Mohs surgery, or Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS), is a long procedure due to the microscopic analysis it requires, healing from the procedure is relatively simple and uneventful. Immediately following the procedure, patients feel tired. During this time, it’s advised that they rest as much as possible and avoid any strenuous activity, like bending. At the same time, they must pay attention to the bandage placed at the surgical site. Most physicians ask that the bandage is left on for 24 to 48 hours. After that time, patients remove the bandage and use whatever wound care their physician recommends. Since the surgical site is either stitched closed, left alone, or has a skin flap or graft placed over it after surgery, the specific wound care requirements vary. Most patients do not experience pain when healing from Mohs surgery. However, those that do have minor discomfort or light bleeding must manage the issue with over-the-counter medications before the pain becomes unbearable. Physicians rarely prescribe pain medication for MMS, but they may prescribe antibiotics. Stitches are removed four to 14 days following the surgery, if they were used when closing the surgical site. Patients are then free to return to normal activities, unless their physician advises that they wait longer. Full recovery may take a few weeks.

1. Rajan Bhatt

2. Arizona-based executive Rajan Bhatt holds an MD and MBA
degree. The author of several professional publications, he leads
Spectrum Dermatology, Spectrum Plastic Surgery, and Valley
Surgery Center as founder and CEO. At Spectrum Dermatology,
Rajan Bhatt’s team provides a range of services, including surgical
dermatology procedures like Mohs surgery, a special technique
that removes skin cancers.

3. Although Mohs surgery, or Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS), is a
long procedure due to the microscopic analysis it requires,
healing from the procedure is relatively simple and uneventful.
Immediately following the procedure, patients feel tired. During
this time, it’s advised that they rest as much as possible and avoid
any strenuous activity, like bending. At the same time, they must
pay attention to the bandage placed at the surgical site.

4. Most physicians ask that the bandage is left on for 24 to 48
hours. After that time, patients remove the bandage and use
whatever wound care their physician recommends. Since the
surgical site is either stitched closed, left alone, or has a skin flap
or graft placed over it after surgery, the specific wound care
requirements vary.
Most patients do not experience pain when healing from Mohs
surgery. However, those that do have minor discomfort or light
bleeding must manage the issue with over-the-counter
medications before the pain becomes unbearable. Physicians
rarely prescribe pain medication for MMS, but they may prescribe
antibiotics.

5. Stitches are removed four to 14 days following the surgery, if they
were used when closing the surgical site. Patients are then free to
return to normal activities, unless their physician advises that they
wait longer. Full recovery may take a few weeks.