Post-Operative Care
After Your Surgery:
Care for Head or Neck
Dr. Thomas Hocker and the Advanced Dermatologic Surgery team created these short videos to help you care for your surgical site, understand what is normal during healing, and know when to contact our office.
Head or Neck Linear/Flap Reconstruction
Dissolving Sutures/Staples
Watch this video after your procedure for instruction on each phase of the healing process.
Cheek to Nose Interpolation Flap
Watch this video after your procedure for instruction on each phase of the healing process.
Paramedian Forehead Flap
Watch this video after your procedure for instruction on each phase of the healing process.
Perioral Linear or Flap
Non-Dissolving Sutures
Watch this video after your procedure for instruction on each phase of the healing process.
Head or Neck Linear/Flap Reconstruction
Non-Dissolving Sutures
Watch this video after your procedure for instruction on each phase of the healing process.
Head or Neck
Full Thickness Skin Graft
Watch this video after your procedure for instruction on each phase of the healing process.
Perioral Linear or Flap with Dissolving Sutures
Dissolving Sutures
Watch this video after your procedure for instruction on each phase of the healing process.
Scalp Reconstruction
Watch this video after your procedure for instruction on each phase of the healing process.
Contact & Urgent Concerns
Call (913) 661-1755 for appointments, billing, or clinical questions.
After-hours surgical patients receive an on-call number for urgent issues (bleeding, fever, severe pain).
Emergencies: dial 911
Disclaimer: This page is educational and not a substitute for medical advice from your physician.
