Cyst excised by Dr. Rebish
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Cyst excised by Dr. Rebish

This was a pretty sizeable cyst on the abdomen that Dr Rebish, excised from a small incision. It was friable, with a sac wall that easily broke down, so had to be broken and squeezed out, as you see here. As you know, these are benign growths, but can grow large and can be a […]
Excision on Neck, Melanoma In Situ
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Excision on Neck, Melanoma In Situ

Many of you may remember this gentleman. He is a SeaBee and he has had blackheads extracted in the past. He had a biopsy proven Melanoma in Situ on the posterior neck, which you can see that I biopsied in his first visit. Here, he returns, so I can remove this skin cancer in it’s […]
Draining & treating a Myxoid Cyst
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Draining & treating a Myxoid Cyst

A myxoid cyst, or digital mucous cyst, is actually not a true cyst, so it’s also called a pseudocyst. They are growths that most often occur on the top (dorsal) part of the finger or toe, just behind the base of the nail. They are kind of translucent/see-through, round, and slightly compressible. They are due […]
Multiple Pilar Cysts – #TBT
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Multiple Pilar Cysts – #TBT

This is a lovely patient of mine who travelled from a little distance to see me. She knew I did segments for The Doctors TV show, but this was before DrPimplePopper got big. She had a couple big bumps on her scalp, which are pilar cysts. Pilar cysts tend to occur in families, and many […]
Lipoma on the scalp excised
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Lipoma on the scalp excised

Initially, I thought this might be a pilar cyst, but once I began the excision, it was obvious there was only fat (adipose cells) in the area. I suspect this is a traumatic lipoma because it was not well encapsulated. I have sent the tissue for pathology, and it has been confirmed that this was […]
Snipping Tags and Blackhead Extractions
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Snipping Tags and Blackhead Extractions

Another one of my dear, longstanding patients. This time, he asked that I remove annoying skin tags, aka acrochordon, around his neck that get caught on his clothes and jewelry. In the meantime, I noticed that he had pretty good blackheads! Hadn’t really noticed this on him in the past. See what you viewers are […]