Mole removal/biopsy

[aggie06]

If you have a mole or other freckle/skin spot you get looked at and the doc says to either take it out as a precaution or biopsy it or watch it, what are the 3rd class medical implications? Based on my research, I think it is unlikely to end up being instructed to watch it for a while before taking any action.

If it is removed as a precaution, does that mean you have to tell the FAA and explain you are cancer free?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Chip Sylverne]

If you have a mole or other freckle/skin spot you get looked at and the doc says to either take it out as a precaution or biopsy it or watch it, what are the 3rd class medical implications? Based on my research, I think it is unlikely to end up being instructed to watch it for a while before taking any action.

If it is removed as a precaution, does that mean you have to tell the FAA and explain you are cancer free?

Thanks in advance.

When I had this done, I was advised by Doc Bruce to get letter from my Dermotologist describing the procedure and the path results. I gave it to my AME, he handed it back to me and said "What's this for, it's like getting a wart removed."
It was a total non-event, but the letter probably made it easy.

 

[Jimmy cooper]

When I had this done, I was advised by Doc Bruce to get letter from my Dermotologist describing the procedure and the path results. I gave it to my AME, he handed it back to me and said "What's this for, it's like getting a wart removed."
It was a total non-event, but the letter probably made it easy.

I had three removed twenty years ago. Two were cancerous. The doctor said, not to worry as they had been removed in plenty of time. It never crossed my mind to report it. It was a Non event. Wise not to look for trouble. One learns this in the service.

 

[AggieMike88]

When I had this done, I was advised by Doc Bruce to get letter from my Dermotologist describing the procedure and the path results. I gave it to my AME, he handed it back to me and said "What's this for, it's like getting a wart removed."
It was a total non-event, but the letter probably made it easy.

This is what you want. A well written letter saying what the doc did, what the pathology findings were, and done so the AME is yawning.

Essentially, you're documenting the doctor visit in such a way that the FAA agrees there is no problem now or in the future.

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If you need the procedure done, I have a good friend in Flower Mound, TX who is a dermatologist, and a pilot, and is very good at both. He would take good care of you doctor wise and FAA wise.

 

[emmett]

I do think it is totally non event. One of my friends had mole removal a year ago from a clinic in Toronto. I do remember he asked his dermatologist Dr. Padma Jain to write a letter explaining the procedure. I’m not sure what he had done with that letter.

 

[JCranford]

I had three removed twenty years ago. Two were cancerous. The doctor said, not to worry as they had been removed in plenty of time. It never crossed my mind to report it. It was a Non event. Wise not to look for trouble. One learns this in the service.

^^ That. Some of you guys would report running into a door and getting a bruise.

 

[Tom-D]

I'm on week 5 of a three week treatment for Basal Cell Carcinoma, three weeks of topical application of chemo yuck, which causes an acid burn of the area, which must heal and peel.

Doc says no effect on medical return to flight status. Thus no reason to report.