Reyes Blas A MD PA

Dr. Reyes Blas was so Great. He removed a Basel cell from my nose. He and his team are Amazing they care about the patient and explain everything to you. I would recommended him to anyone seeking Mohs surgery… I thank him and his staff for wonderful care…

So I’m sitting here, looking for all the world that I got a liiiiitle to close to a… wood chipper, or maybe an industrial grinder… with stitches under as well as on the side of my nose. dunno how many, as they are still covered ‘cept for the bandage that fell off and I wasted no time covering them again without peering tooo carefully at the devastation that is there. Why, you ask do I HAVE these stitches? I had nuttin else to do yesterday so I went to take a closer look at the wood chipper operating down my street and…
Well, not exxxactly
I had a basal skin cancer removed… .and a few other little hard spots on the side of my nose that were in fact, just little hard spots, nothing more and now they’re gone too.
Ya see, it stems from the fact that I am a fair– skinned redhead, with beaucoup freckles. and one that used to run freely all summer, every summer on the Jersey shore in little frilly rhumba panty bathing suits and ‘nuttin else!.. At the time, If someone used suntan lotion as it was called back then, it was to ENHANCE your tan,(let’s call it what it is: a BURN, no different than your hand on a stove), and bring it on quicker and stronger… and certainly it wasn’t something one put on children, and so, getting sunburn after sunburn after sunburn and peeling and peeling and peeling in a a never ending carefree cycle was my summer for 10 years. Can’t blame anybody. Who knew?
Okay, so I was told frequently that I resembled a lobster, but heck, I loved lobsters. Still do. I’ve just gotten a little smarter and no longer want to resemble them. Yes, there was a time that people thought that the sun was their friend. EVEN NOW the message has not totally gotten through, (or ignored), and there are still TOO many baking in the sun, on beaches and stepping into coffin like tanning beds in salons which promise looking healthy and feeling great. …and I seriously doubt there is a disclamatory paragraph in reference to what could possible happen to you with just a few sessions under your belt… er towel.
If you’re lucky, you’ll just end up with basal cell carcinoma. That’ll kill you, but it’ll take 40 years. If you’re not so lucky, maybe squamous cell which CAN spread to other body parts or melanoma which WILL spread and WILL do you in very quickly as in .do not pass go, do not collect 200 bucks! I’ve seen it happen in two fishing guide friends.
Back to Dr. Blas Reyes.*
Though a board certified dermatologist, his practice is centered on MOHS surgery.** This is recommended in most cases where scarring is very undesirable like a face.*** It’s not cheap… as in all very specialized procedures.

Best I can say about Dr. Reyes is that he has hands of gold. The man is warm and caring, thorough in his explanations, humorous, gentle, (especially for needle– phobics like me), and even gives you his personal number if you have any questions or problems. and it didn’t take me too long to score an appointment and have the procedure done. I went to him probably 15 years ago also and I swear I don’t even remember what he did as I have no scar… and though I look right now, one day past, like I’ve been beaten up, I am certain that when all is said and done, I will again have no scar.
So do I recommend him,? You bet! But you CAN avoid the risk by using a moisturizer with sunscreen and frequently applying a good broad-​spectrum sunscreen and also staying far away from tanning beds. and wearing a baseball cap or floppy hat as the scalp is a common area for skin cancers to develop and instead, using lotions like Loreal Sublime that’ll give you the look you want and are not dangerous.
Maybe I don’t look as bad as I think. A family member just trotted by and asked why I looked different. Told him it was because I got a hair cut. he said Yeah, Okay and trotted out.
* Dr. Reyes is in the East tower of the Baptist Medical Center Complex.
**Mohs surgery, also known as chemosurgery, developed in 1938 by a general surgeon, Frederic E. Mohs, is microscopically controlled surgery used to treat common types of skin cancer. During the surgery, after each removal of tissue, while the patient waits, the pathologist examines the tissue specimen for cancer cells, and that examination informs the surgeon where to remove tissue next. Mohs surgery is one of the many methods of obtaining complete margin control during removal of a skin cancer .
*** …or my upper arm which has a permanent ladder due to the ‘expertise’ of a certain other MOHS surgeon on Hollywood Blvd. who shall remain nameless