An epidermoid cyst (Epidermal Inclusion cyst, Infundibular cyst), is a benign growth commonly found in the skin and typically appears on the face, neck or trunk, but can occur anywhere on the body. Another name used is “sebacous cyst” but this is actually an antiquated misnomer, and is not a term used by dermatologists. They […]
For medical education- NSFE. This is an elderly patient who has a keratoacanthoma on her back, which is a type of squamous cell carcinoma, a type of skin cancer. These typically grow rather quickly, kind of coming up like a “volcano” with a center core like a scab or in this case, a cutaneous horn […]
This patient is one of the first patients that I have filmed with blackheads on the back. Posted her first video about 6 months ago. She comes in twice a year for skin cancer monitoring. I didn’t have to convince her too much to undergo another set of blackhead extractions. She would do it herself, […]