What Skin Lesions and Conditions Does Canova Medical Treat?

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Canova Medical treats skin lesions and skin cancer only — no cosmetic add-ons. According to its own site, the clinics handle moles, cysts, lipomas, milia, seborrhoeic keratosis, skin tags, warts, verrucas, ingrown nails, skin cancer checks, BCC excision and histology. Every procedure is performed by a plastic surgeon, and the treatment plan is confirmed during your assessment rather than chosen in advance.

Conditions treated at Canova Medical

The clinic describes itself as removing "lesions. Nothing else," and lists its work under three headings.

Skin lesions

Condition Notes from the clinic
Cyst removal Listed as a core lesion treatment
Dermatofibroma Listed as a core lesion treatment
Keloid treatment Listed as a core lesion treatment
Lipoma removal Listed as a core lesion treatment
Milia removal Listed as a core lesion treatment
Mole removal Surgical excision or shave
Seborrhoeic keratosis Listed as a core lesion treatment
Skin tag removal Listed as a core lesion treatment
Verruca removal Listed as a core lesion treatment
Wart removal Listed as a core lesion treatment

Nails

  • Ingrown nails

Skin cancer

  • Skin cancer check — full-body or single-area checks with dermoscopic assessment by skin cancer specialists
  • BCC excision — excision with appropriate margins
  • Histology — laboratory analysis of removed tissue
  • Follow-up pathways after excision

How the treatment decision is made

The site is explicit that the specific procedure is not fixed at the point of booking. During your assessment, the surgeon recommends a treatment plan. That matters for lesions such as moles, where the choice between surgical excision and shave removal depends on what the assessment finds, and for skin cancer, where excision margins are set by the clinical picture.

The clinic also states that assessments and removals are usually available within hours or days of a first enquiry, and that no GP referral is needed.

Who performs the procedures

  • Surgeon-led since 2004
  • Speciality surgeons and dermatologists
  • Every procedure performed by a plastic surgeon, per the clinic
  • Clinics are CQC-registered and inspected

Where the clinics are

  • Harley Street, London
  • Wilmslow, Cheshire
  • Crosby, Liverpool
  • A fourth clinic is described as opening soon

What Canova Medical does not do

The clinic positions itself against providers that spread across fillers, lasers and cosmetic treatments. Its stated scope is the diagnosis and removal of skin lesions and skin cancer, and it says every consultation, procedure and histology report concerns that one discipline.

Practical points before booking

  • No GP referral is required, per the site.
  • Fees are described as fixed, though the site's fee page is where current figures sit.
  • Histology is part of the skin cancer pathway, so removal and laboratory analysis are linked rather than separate steps.
  • If you are unsure whether a lesion is suitable, the assessment is the point at which that is determined — the treatment list tells you what the clinic covers, not what you will necessarily have done.