COVID-19 Safe Operations

Keeping Patients & Staff Safe & Healthy During Unprecedented Times


Though many things have changed in our current pandemic environment, one thing has continued to be the same: our commitment to your health and safety.
Our patients play a particularly important role in maintaining a safe environment in the clinic. We have created a detailed list of new guidelines for you to follow when you come in for your appointment:
  • Please arrive for your appointment on time (no more than 10 minutes early).
  • Prior to entering the clinic, you will be asked some screening questions.
  • You will be asked to use hand sanitizer when you arrive.
  • We ask you to wear your personal mask inside the clinic.
  • No accompanying people (e.g. children, friends, or family), we ask you to come alone unless you need to be accompanied.
  • Leave all non-essential belongings in your vehicle (e.g. jackets, hats, large purses)
  • All our team is always going to wear masks and wear gloves during the appointment.
  • We will ask you to remove your shoes before entering the clinic. We will provide you with slippers at your request.
  • All clients are asked to maintain respectful distancing in waiting areas and in the clinical area.
  • Note that for the time being we would prefer that you refrain from using cash as a mode of payment.
If you have any questions regarding your upcoming appointment, please call us at 403-675-0018 to speak with out staff or e-mail us at info@artofskin.ca. We are more than happy to discuss any questions you may have.

Art of Skin

Cutting-Edge Dermatological Care, Laser And Cosmetic Surgery in Canmore, Alberta

Treatment for Skin Pre-Cancer

Treatment for Skin Pre-Cancer

Treatment for Skin Pre-CancerWe offer a variety of advanced treatments for the different types and degrees of pre-cancerous skin lesions such as actinic keratoses and dysplastic nevi. Early detection and treatment of precancerous lesions is very important in preventing the development of both the melanoma and non-melanoma types of skin cancer.  In developing an individual treatment plan for a patient, the particular presentation of the disease, the degree of the disease and the patient’s lifestyle are all taken into consideration—treatment is always tailored to the individual patient, and their desired endpoint of therapy.

Advanced treatment options for pre-cancerous skin lesions include:

Surgical Removal

A definitive treatment option that permanently removes the risk of an atypical lesion developing into a skin cancer.

Immunotherapy

The use of topical medications such as Effudex, Aldara, and Picato, to stimulate a patient’s own immune system to effectively recognize and destroy abnormal precancerous cells.

PDT ( Photodynamic Therapy)

The use of a photosensitizing agent such as Levulan and different types of  light, such as laser light, blue light, red light and daylight, to treat and destroy precancerous cells.

TCA Chemical Peels

The use of TCA chemical peeling to remove the outer layers of skin to specific and prescribed depths including the damaged precancerous cells.

Cryotherapy

A procedure in which pre-cancerous lesions are destroyed by treating the skin with extremely cold liquid nitrogen. The dead tissue including the abnormal cells sloughs off when it heals.

Electro-Fulguration

A procedure where a high-energy laser beam or electrical energy is used to locally destroy the precancerous tissue.

Curettage

A procedure where tissue is removed by scraping the skin with special surgical instruments. It is often used in conjunction with electrodessication, a procedure using electrical energy similar to electro-fulguration.