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. […]
For medical education- NSFE. She let me extract her blackheads in exchange for firing as many questions at me that she could. Haha. Sometimes patients just want to talk, and she’s a sweetie, but she’s a talker! 😉 source
For medical education- NSFE. This patient has an epidermoid cyst on the back, which has bothered her for many years, mainly because of the appearance. She was very self conscious and didn’t like people to touch her on her upper back. Here, I remove the cyst completely, attempting to remove it out a relatively small […]
For medical education- NSFE. Extracting comedones caused by excess sun exposure, a condition called Favre-Racouchot. These comedones can be difficult to extract and I needed to numb the areas and I also used an 11 blade to break the superficial skin surface first to extract many of them. Enjoy! source
For medical education- NSFE. Cyst excision on the back today. This is a common epidermoid cyst, what many people call a “sebaceous cyst”. Many people with oily completions, and a history of acne are prone to them, but they are fairly common and can occur in anyone. It’s not medically necessary to remove these bumps […]
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, […]
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 […]
For medical education- NSFE. She had a pretty big keloid on her left earlobe, and 5 months ago, she travelled from another state to see me! We treated the area that day with cryoshape, which essentially destroys the keloid with frostbite… by freezing the keloid from the inside out. It took a while for the […]