Mobile Skin Solutions

Dr. Susan Sleep, MD founded Mobile Skin Solutions after years of treating skin cancer patients in Los Alamitos, Long Beach, Seal Beach and Huntington Beach. The company's first mobile skin cancer clinic was a van that combined a Sensus SRT-100 radiation unit with full accessibility, so that treatment could reach patients where they live.

The practice's core offering is superficial radiation therapy, a non-surgical treatment for skin cancer that uses no anesthetics. Treatments are quick, under two minutes each according to the site, and usually take several sessions over a series of appointments, based on the doctor's recommendations. SRT is used on lesions across the arms, legs, back and trunk, and on the face, head and neck, including delicate areas such as the nose, eyelids, lips, the corner of the mouth and the inner ear. It is also used to treat keloids after surgery. The company presents SRT as an alternative to Mohs surgery.

Skin exams take about 10 to 15 minutes and include a head-to-toe check while the patient wears a gown. The site asks patients to come without makeup or nail polish. Exams are not used to diagnose cancer on their own; if skin cancer is suspected, a biopsy is needed. The practice offers shave, punch and excisional biopsies, and it describes each as removing a small section of skin, from the top layers to deeper layers, depending on the method.

The mobile van is a customized Mercedes with 428.7 cubic feet of space and full handicap access. Skin exams are performed in the van for groups of four or more patients, or at the Los Alamitos office for individual patients. Mobile visits are arranged through Derma-Day visits at retirement communities. The practice also lists Bowen's disease and squamous cell carcinoma treatment, along with PhotoDynamic Therapy, acne and acne scarring treatment, fillers and injections, laser procedures and microneedling.

Patients can download a new patient paperwork form to complete before their first appointment. The practice accepts Medicare and says its team handles paperwork, insurance, scheduling, treatments and follow-ups. Office visits are booked by calling (562) 568-9540.

The practice offers superficial radiation therapy as a non-surgical option for skin cancer, presented as an alternative to Mohs surgery, and brings its treatment to patients through a mobile clinic.

Care is delivered in a fully accessible, customized van or at a medical office in Los Alamitos.