Earlobe repair from plugs that dilated pierced holes. For medical education- NSFE.
For medical education- NSFE. This patient wanted to repair his dilated earlobe piercings, so that’s what we did today. He, like many others, didn’t even know that this was possible, and that it is done under local anesthesia alone. So here you go! Enjoy!! source
Earlobe repair: full excision and repair to right side. For medical education- NSFE.
For medical education- NSFE. This guy requested repair to his earlobes that were stretched from gauges he had. source
Excision of a lipoma, right axilla. For medical education- NSFE.
For medical education- NSFE. Excision of a sizable lipoma in the right armpit. Some of the audio had been omitted to preserve patient privacy. Lipomas are benign growths of clonal fat cells and are fun to remove because they usually come out clean and in one piece. Enjoy! source
Excision of abdominal lipoma #2: The triplets. For medical education- NSFE.
For medical education- NSFE. Here’s the second, larger lipoma, which was very mobile under the skin. Lipomas are benign clonal collections of fat cells, that look a little different then the other fat cells in an area. source
Excision of two cysts on the neck. For medical education- NSFE.
For medical education- NSFE. This is my lovely patient who had the big blackheads on her back that we extracted a month ago. As you can see she is such a sweet woman, who loves to tell stories. And she has allowed us to film her amazing blackheads and cysts! She returns today so that […]
Extracting solar comedones and blackheads in forehead creases. For medical education- NSFE.
For medical education- NSFE. This patient works long hours outdoors in the dirt and soot and has developed many blackheads that have settled into the creases of his forehead making the wrinkles appear deeper and more prominent. I was surprised at how happy it made him when we extracted as many as we could. I […]
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 […]
Four minor Derm procedures: Milia, a blackhead, & a tag. For medical education- NSFE.
For medical education- NSFE. 1. Small and numerous milia on younger patients are best treated with electrocautery at a very low setting.. this cauterizes the superficial surface of the skin, so that the milia is exposed and will pop out over the next couple of days. Can also be used to “pop” pustules, and shrink […]
Lipoma on the wrist, excised. For medical education- NSFE.
For medical education- NSFE. She loves getting her nails done, her beautiful rings and fancy watches and bangles, but has had to deal with this large lipoma on her left wrist for many years. She was told that she would have to go under general anesthesia to remove the area and since she lives alone, […]