If you've found this post, you're probably wondering what it looks like when you have a wide local excision with skin graft for melanoma. Specifically, this WLE is on the back of my right calf and was 9.5cm wide originally although it closed down amazingly. The donor site for the graft was on the side of my left thigh. If you have time, read the preceding posts for the backstory. If you don't have time, the gist is this was a recurrence of my original tumour from 2012 that came back 4 years later as a large hard lump. The lump was biopsied and confirmed as melanoma, and the margins of the WLE were large to try and mop up any stray cells.
7 days post-graft (usually the dressings aren't removed for 14 days but I was having issues with mine)
14 days post-graft
20 days post-graft
28 days post-graft
40 days post-graft
I don't have any more pictures because not long after this, it started to go pear-shaped. See next post :-(
Am really sorry to see the reason you are posting again.
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From someone in a similar boat x
Thank you. Things got reasonably worse sadly (see updated posts) but I am on systemic treatment now and hopefully back on track. Sorry you are in a similar situation, I hope you're getting better x
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