Patient Satisfaction After Mohs Surgery is not Dependent on Seeing Post-Mohs Defect Prior to Repair

Optimizing patient satisfaction and scar outcomes is important for the practicing Mohs surgeon. To evaluate whether showing or not showing patients their post-Mohs defect prior to repair influences scar satisfaction. Fifty patients with a nonmelanoma skin cancer on their head or neck requiring Mohs micrographic surgery were randomized to either see or not see their post-Mohs defect in the mirror prior to repair. Patients evaluated their scar at Week 1 and Week 4 using the patient scar assessment questionnaire. There was no statistically significant difference in the primary (scar satisfaction) or secondary outcomes (wound care compliance and complication rates) between the two groups. There is no difference in patient scar satisfaction whether patients see or do not see their post-Mohs defect prior to repair.