Outpatient Surgery for Skin Lesions, Tumors, and Scar Corrections

Minimally invasive, tissue-sparing, and safe – our outpatient procedures

The details of your dermatologic surgery treatment in Hamburg

Treatment Duration
30-90 Min
Socially Presentable
immediately, no sports, sauna, or swimming for 2 weeks
Durability
permanent
Pain
none / local anesthesia
Interval
individual
Contraindications
coagulation disorders or blood-thinning medication / please consult your doctor
Preparation
disinfection / anesthesia
Aftercare
wound care, avoid sports for 2 weeks, no sauna, massage of scars
UV abstinence
4 weeks

Attending Doctors

Team der Hautärztinnen Dr. Anna Brandenburg in Hamburg – Dermatologische Privatpraxis für Hautgesundheit und Ästhetik.
Dr. med. Bianca Arsene
Specialist in Dermatology
Team der Hautärztinnen Dr. Anna Brandenburg in Hamburg – Dermatologische Privatpraxis für Hautgesundheit und Ästhetik.
Dr. med. Eva Schramm
Specialist in Dermatology, Venereology, and Laser Medicine
Team der Hautärztinnen Dr. Anna Brandenburg in Hamburg – Dermatologische Privatpraxis für Hautgesundheit und Ästhetik.
Dr. med. Carina Borkowski
Specialist in Dermatology, Phlebology, and Laser Medicine
Team der Hautärztinnen Dr. Anna Brandenburg in Hamburg – Dermatologische Privatpraxis für Hautgesundheit und Ästhetik.
Dr. med. Annika Opitz
Specialist in Dermatology and Allergology
Team der Hautärztinnen Dr. Anna Brandenburg in Hamburg – Dermatologische Privatpraxis für Hautgesundheit und Ästhetik.
Dr. med. Anna Brandenburg
Specialist in Dermatology, Venereology, and Allergology

Dermatologic Surgery

State-of-the-art treatment rooms with a dedicated sterile entry system allow us to perform outpatient procedures that spare you unnecessary physical and emotional stress. Suspicious or pathological skin changes — such as skin cancer or its precursors — must be removed through dermatologic surgery. For diagnostic accuracy, every excised skin lesion is sent to a specialized histopathological laboratory for microscopic examination.

 

Since the surgical areas in dermatologic tumor surgery are typically very small, we can perform all procedures on an outpatient basis under gentle local anesthesia. In most cases, patients can return to their daily routines immediately and without restrictions.

Hautchirurgie

Your questions, our answers

Which surgical procedures are possible?

Our surgical services include:
For procedures under local anesthesia, we use Mepivacaine/Meaverin and Prilocaine/Xylonest.
Excutaneously sutured Ethilon threads must be removed. For cosmetically superior results, we close the skin subcutaneously with a resorbable suture material (PDS threads), which significantly reduces the risk of wound dehiscence. With this suturing technique, only the adhesive strips need to be removed later. The stabilizing PDS thread placed under the skin continues to provide support during the approximately six-month absorption period, even once the area is fully healed and under stress again.
If your circulation is stable, there is no restriction on driving after an outpatient procedure performed under local anesthesia. Depending on the size of the excised skin lesion, the tendency to bleed, and the level of postoperative discomfort, it may be advisable to rest afterwards. However, in general, there is no reason to avoid work or school.
Immediately after the operation, we apply small adhesive strips to the scar. These help the wound edges heal perfectly and provide additional stability to the scar. A pressure bandage can be removed after 24 hours. The adhesive strips should remain on the wound for the next two weeks and be protected from water with waterproof dressings. Sauna and swimming pool visits should be avoided for two weeks. For pain relief, medications such as paracetamol or ibuprofen can be used. Aspirin should be avoided due to its increased risk of postoperative bleeding.
Sports should be avoided for two weeks. Short bicycle rides, however, are not a problem.
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