There is an alternative to surgery, and the potential for follow-up plastic surgery. If your mom is especially concerned about surgery, and depending upon the actual location, Efudex is a possibility as well. But to imply that Efudex is "easier" is far from the truth. It causes the worst burn you can ever imagine, and the cancer cells are metabolized in such a way that they destroy themselves and eventually flake off. The whole process can take 6-8 weeks. But when you're done, the skin is like a baby's.
Efudex is most often prescribed when a face (or other part of the body) is covered with too many actinic keratoses to treat separately. There is a new formulation of the cream which adds vitamin D, and works more quickly and aids in the healing, too.
There is an alternative to surgery, and the potential for follow-up plastic surgery. If your mom is especially concerned about surgery, and depending upon the actual location, Efudex is a possibility as well. But to imply that Efudex is "easier" is far from the truth. It causes the worst burn you can ever imagine, and the cancer cells are metabolized in such a way that they destroy themselves and eventually flake off. The whole process can take 6-8 weeks. But when you're done, the skin is like a baby's.
Efudex is most often prescribed when a face (or other part of the body) is covered with too many actinic keratoses to treat separately. There is a new formulation of the cream which adds vitamin D, and works more quickly and aids in the healing, too.