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 is a young man who had this strange, white, firm bumps, like white marbles under the skin surface. So I excised one of them and sent the tissue for pathology. Results came back as Calcinosis Cutis This results from deposits of calcium and phosphorus in the skin. There are four forms of calcinosis cutis. […]
For medical education- NSFE. Excision of a type of skin cancer called a basal cell carcinoma, followed by repair using buried vertical mattress suture and running subcuticular suture source