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Skin Cancer and Reconstructive Surgery Center is Orange County’s premier facility for skin cancer management. We offer every patient a complete, customizable plan for treatment in one, convenient location.

Our board certified skin cancer specialists include dermatologists, dermatopathologists, radiation oncologists, facial plastic surgeons, and ophthalmic plastic surgeons. Together we offer specialized treatment options that range from non-surgical cure, such as Photodynamic Therapy, Superficial Radiotherapy, and topical chemotherapy, to Mohs excision in combination with advanced surgical reconstruction.

Our facility is equipped with a Joint Commission Accredited Ambulatory Surgery Center, a Mohs laboratory for rapid onsite analysis of tissue specimen, and rooms dedicated to PDT and SRT. The combination of specialists and treatment options available at SCARS Center provides our patients with the convenience and quality of service every person deserves after a skin cancer diagnosis.

Collaborate with Our Physicians

Skin Cancer and Reconstructive Surgery Center collaborates with referring physicians to provide patients with skin cancer cure.

Physicians may choose to refer patients before diagnosis for testing, treatment, and reconstruction, after diagnosis for treatment and reconstruction, or after treatment for reconstruction. Physicians may also choose to perform Mohs surgery at SCARS Center alongside our gifted and experienced reconstructive surgeons.

Our mission is to provide excellent patient care by maximizing the quality and efficiency of skin cancer treatment.

CME Accredited Skin Cancer Conference.

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Temporoparietal Fasciocutaneous Island Flap for Forehead and Anterior Scalp Reconstruction

ABSTRACT Background: Forehead and anterior scalp large defect reconstruction is challenging and often requires skin grafting. Objective: To measure the advancing distance and the survival of the temporoparietal fascia (TPF) island flap in forehead and anterior scalp reconstruction. Methods: The study design was a retrospective case series. Participants included all patients who had undergone TPF island flap for…

Subcutaneous Intravascular Pyogenic Granuloma of the Scalp of a POEMS Syndrome Patient

ABSTRACT An 82-year-old male with a past medical history of POEMS syndrome presented with a 6-weekhistory of a growing intravascular pyogenic granuloma in the subcutaneous scalp. Biopsyshowed lobular intravascular capillary hemangioma, also known as pyogenic granuloma. Lobularcapillary hemangiomas are most commonly found on the skin and represent some of thecutaneous changes seen within POEMS syndrome.…

Cerclage Closure Technique

HISTORY A 50 y/o patient presents with a 3 year h/o right cheek growing lesion biopsied by outside office on 11/8/21 showing atypical lentiginous melanocytic proliferation. Incisional biopsy of right malar cheek done on 11/18/21 showing severely atypical lentiginous junctional melanocytic hyperplasia with margins involved. Excision and reconstruction with cerclage of right malar cheek severe…

Superficial Radiotherapy: Long Term Follow-Up of Highly Selected Basal and Squamous Cell Carcinomas in Skin Cancer Patients

Superficial radiotherapy (SRT) treatment for non-melanoma skin cancer has been reported to yield variable cure rates. When patients are highly selected, adequate margins of treatment are chosen, and hypofractionation is avoided, cure rates of SRT can approach that of Mohs surgery. SCARS Center’s research article on the subject was recently published in Journal of Dermatology…

Chronic Open Wound Management with Wound Vac

Chronic open wounds present a lifestyle challenge for patients. In particular, lower leg wounds can take months to fully heal and may require wound care to prevent infection and maintain a healthy, healing wound. A wound vac or “vacuum-assisted closure of wound” can expedite healing. A wound vac decreases the air pressure on the wound…

Dermaplaning and Dermabrasion to Treat Rhinophyma

BACKGROUND Rhinophyma is an uncommon form of rosacea that leads to thickening of the nasal skin and enlargement of nasal sebaceous glands. It usually occurs in men over 50. It is slowly progressive and tends to worsen over time, resulting in a bulbous shape of the nose which gradually becomes deforming. Rhinophymatous papules often form,…

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