For medical education- NSFE. Here is a recap, one month later, of my patient who had big blackheads on the back. The blackheads had been there for quite some time, so you can see they cause pretty enlarged, dissented pores which will shrink slightly, but probably not completely. “Mother” which was the unending blackhead/cyst still […]

This gentleman and his wife are long-standing patients of mine. They are a lovely couple who always come in to see me together, but he has more “skin issues” than she, as he has a lighter complexion and spent more time in the sun as a youngster. He has many blackheads and whiteheads, and milia, […]

This sweet gentleman came in for his biannual skin exam, and as we were finishing, he mentioned that he had a white bump on his right cheek that his wife wondered if we could evaluate and possibly treat. How could I resist? Have a great weekend everyone! source

A menudo, en áreas que han sido sometidas a diferentes tipos de depilación por ablación de la raíz pilosa, se forman pequeños quistes sebáceos encapsulados, en cuyo interior podemos observar el pelo atrapado. El procedimiento para evitar que estas lesiones degeneren en una lesión más grave (forúnculo), con presencia de pus (infección), y por tanto, […]

Simple blackheads extractions on the face. I often use a little numbing (lidocaine plus bicarbonate and epinephrine) to anesthetize the area a little before extractions because this is much more comfortable for the patient. Also many of you notice that as I numb the skin, I shake my left hand, and this is on purpose. […]

This woman also has dermatosis papulosa nigra on her cheeks, which are the dark brown to black spots on her face. These don’t bother her (and they shouldn’t because they are benign), but her two large blackheads DO, and she asked me if I could remove them for her. She was so kind to allow […]

For medical education- NSFE. These are comedones and milia. Both are benign growths that occur on the face. In older individuals, comedones (blackheads and whiteheads) are caused by years of sun exposure. All the above growths can be expressed with a comedone extractor. The gentleman, whose small comedones I extract on the neck has deep […]

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 […]

This is a patient of mine who has blackheads and whiteheads that were extracted during her regular skin cancer check up with me. She is a wonderful patient, who was so kind to allow me to videotape her extractions. As you know, blackheads and whiteheads are also known as open and closed comedones. A schaumburg-type […]

This wonderfully sweet patient is 90 years old! She came to see me because she had bumps on her that her other dermatologist wouldn’t remove (they are not covered by insurance, because it is not medically necessary to remove these growths). However, she allowed me to video record her blackhead extractions and in exchange I […]