Aussie SkinDocs in Forest Hill, Victoria, Australia | Medical and health

Aussie SkinDocs

Locality: Forest Hill, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 1300 377 546

Address: 249 Canterbury Road 3131 Forest Hill, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.skindocs.com.au

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24.01.2022 How often do you get to take a skin cancer out in a 100 year old patient? A first for our team and smiles all round!

23.01.2022 How can we make sure that we are always providing you and your loved ones with the most up to date care? Keep up to date by attending the best skin cancer courses of course! Here we are with our silicone skin patients perfecting our surgical techniques with Prof Anthony Dixon, a leading skin cancer authority both here in Oz and internationally.

18.01.2022 Dermatoscopy. Surface microscopy of the skin using a special hand held tool. Both of us SkinDocs are holding one in our cover photo series. To be honest, we’re rarely seen without it. Australian guidelines (NHMRC) are that skin cancer practitioners should be trained in dermatoscopy and using a dermatoscope routinely when performing skin checks. Be concerned if the person checking your skin doesn’t use one. In trained hands, accuracy for melanoma diagnosis is 15 times higher w...hen a dermatoscope is used compared to the naked eye alone. Here’s an example of what we can see through a dermatoscope. These pics show an early melanoma. Naked eye and then the view through the dermatoscope. With the naked eye it looks a bit ugly and has an irregular border, but it's not yet showing all the melanoma ABCDEs. With the dermatoscope, its chaotic structure is easily seen, making it highly suspicious for melanoma. We found and dealt with this little nasty at a recent routine skin check. See more

13.01.2022 How do you choose the right person for your skin check? Check out our blog to find out what we think!! https://www.skindocs.com.au//who-should-i-see-for-a-akin-c

11.01.2022 A shout out to all Melburnians. It's time to start slopping on your sunscreen again! The UV index is predicted to reach 3 today. Updated sun safety advice is that we should be applying sunscreen as part of our morning routine every single day that the UV index is predicted to reach 3. https://www.cancer.org.au//peak-health-bodies-recommend-ne