Appearance
Change of appearance is quite common with head and neck cancer and it treatment. Generally changes in appearance are quite mild even with radical surgery.
There are various ways we can help you with issues of appearance so please ask about:
- Advice
- Post-op scar management - Dermatix silicone gel, sheet clear or sheet fabric. These preparations help soften, flatten and smooth scars.(see Dermatix website)
Advice sheets should be available in clinic or ask your doctor / nurse about:
- Camoflague
- Revision surgery
- Support Therapy
Click here to go to the Skin Camouflage website>
Click here to go to the Let's Face it website>
How will cancer affect my life?
We have compiled over 800 individual questionnaires completed by our patients over the last 10 years to allow users to perform a customisable search to help predict what their quality of life might be like after surgery / radiotherapy. Use the link below to access this part of our site.
Patient Audio Stories
Some of our previous patients have kindly provided audio storeis. these give fantastic insights into their own personal struggle with head and neck cancer and we hope that you will find them inspiring.
