Former President Joe Biden recently underwent surgery to remove skin cancer lesions from his head, his spokesperson Kelly Scully said Thursday.

Scully confirmed the surgery after a video was published by Inside Edition showing Biden with a scar on his forehead while leaving a church service in Delaware, AP reports. She did not confirm when the procedure took place.

Biden, 82, underwent Mohs surgery, which is a common outpatient procedure to remove high-risk skin cancer while preserving healthy tissue, according to the Cleveland Clinic . Mohs surgery has a cure rate of up to 99%, the lowest recurrence rate of any other skin cancer treatment, per the Clinic.

In addition, Mohs surgery is most commonly treats forms of skin cancer including basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinom

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