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Treating angiomas & DPNs on the chest with electrocautery For medical education- NSFE.

For medical education- NSFE. Angiomas are extremely common vascular “abnormalities”. They are flat speckled red spots, or even can grow quite large and raised and appear more purple in color. They are benign and 100% of us will have at least one of them by the time we turn 18 years old. Small ones can […]

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April 21, 2015

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Previously scarred cyst removed on upper back. For medical education- NSFE

This is a cyst excision on the upper back, on a cyst that has been previously inflamed and had a small scar visible on an edge of the initial bump. This patient is darker complected, which is by the macerated keratin within the sac of this cyst is dark grey in color. The contents of […]

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May 10, 2015

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Removing a probable “traumatic lipoma” on the forehead

This patient is the same person who had the brown bumps, aka dermatosis papulosa nigra, on her cheeks and neck, removed with laser treatment with the Iriderm laser. She also came to see me for this bump on her forehead which is not painful, but the appearance really bothers her. It is very mobile, and […]

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July 7, 2015

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Update on “Pops”: I surprise him with over $6,500! – Donations from all of you to him! Thank you!

Many of you have fallen in love with Pops, as I have. He is a patient of mine who has big blackheads that we have been extracting. During this process, we have all learned how tough his life has been lately, dealing with the death of his dear wife, and all the financial and emotionally […]

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May 20, 2015

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Update with Before and After photos, epidermoid cysts removed on neck

Many of you ask me to keep you updated on my patients, asking how they look after their surgeries. This gentleman had 3 cysts removed via punch excision, using a 4mm punch biopsy tool, about one month ago. This was a procedure done under local anesthesia, the cyst sac and internal contents were removed completely, […]

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June 22, 2015

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Eyelid growth removed and solar comedones extracted. For medical education- NSFE.

For medical education- NSFE. Don’t be upset I didn’t attack all the blackheads! She was here to see me today because we did a pretty big skin cancer removal and reconstruction on her face in the past, and we are just doing some minor improvements on the resultant scar. I ran out of memory on […]

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April 7, 2015

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Flat warts, a venous lake, a blackhead, and a biopsy. For medical education- NSFE.

For medical education- NSFE. I. Flat warts, aka verruca plana, are caused by a virus. They can be spread on the skin in a linear direction due to “Koebnerization”. In other words, they can be spread by shaving the legs or scratching the skin-this minor trauma to the skin can drag the virus from one […]

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April 9, 2015

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First snapchat vid: Cyst excision on the back. For medical education- NSFE

This is an excision of a small cyst on the back. This cyst has been inflamed in the past, so there is some scar tissue present. It is smaller than it usually is on the day of this excision which is good, since, this will lead to a smaller incision and a smaller scar. It’s […]

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May 9, 2015

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Blackheads on the back

This patient of mine came in for a total body skin check. During this examination, I noticed numerous blackheads on the back. Blackheads are open comedones, follicles/pores that have dilated and are filled with keratin/ skin cells. They can be extracted using a comedone extractor as you see here, but often when they are larger […]

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July 3, 2015

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Solar comedones extracted, aka Favre Racouchot

This patient’s wife saw me today, for her general body skin exam. As they were leaving, she showed me a couple spots he had, and I couldn’t help but notice the large solar comedones that he had around his eyes. He let me remove them, and his wife was happy that I did! Solar comedones […]

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June 1, 2015

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