This patient I saw yesterday for an overall body exam/ mole check. She has great skin in general, but has multiple seborrheic keratoses on her back which irritate her and are itchy. I explained to her that there are benign growths, that seem to sit a top the skin.. they are not moles, will not […]
For medical education- NSFE. She came in yesterday for a skin exam and mentioned she hated these bumps she felt on her face so I offered to remove them for free if she wouldn’t mind if I videotaped it for you all. She obliged and was so happy to get rid of them. She can’t […]
A Dilated Pore of Winer, is essentially a giant blackhead. I extract this one today, and it leaves a dilated pore which will shrink to some degree, but likely won’t entirely go away. We plan to see her again in the near future, and if she doesn’t like the appearance, or if it tends to […]
For medical education- NSFE. A method to remove a large seborrheic keratosis on the skin is to first numb the area with local anesthetic and then use a curette to essentially scrape the growth off. source