Skin Care and Golf | Golf News and Tour Information [Video]

No better time to think about skin care than over Fourth of July weekend. Dr Joshua Lane of Columbus, Georgia, read our precautionary story on skin cancer in the July Golf Digest and wrote a careful clarification of its reference to the Mohs surgery. Read Dr. Lane’s entire letter by clicking on the continuation icon at the end of this blog. I’ve excerpted…

I read with interest your timely and necessary article informing the golfing community about the impact of skin cancer and importance of prevention. The article was brought to my attention by a patient (a golfer) presenting to me for treatment of his skin cancer with Mohs surgery. While I appreciate your magazine addressing this issue, I did want to clarify the statements entitled “how is skin cancer removed.”

The Mohs technique is more involved than the article implied. Briefly, the visible skin cancer is removed. A thin margin is taken around the initial site and examined …