For medical education- NSFE. This patient was 6 weeks status post Mohs surgery for skin cancer on right neck. I removed two spitting sutures and couldn’t resist popping some blackheads too. source

For medical education- NSFE. She fell on asphalt and developed a “traumatic tattoo” 12 yrs ago. She didn’t know that the area could be easily treated with the Tribeam laser which removes tattoos. She was so pleased to hear I could remove the tattoo easily in a couple minutes. This is when I really enjoy […]

This patient is one of the first patients that I have filmed with blackheads on the back. Posted her first video about 6 months ago. She comes in twice a year for skin cancer monitoring. I didn’t have to convince her too much to undergo another set of blackhead extractions. She would do it herself, […]

This patient has 3 blackheads that I extracted, with two of them under his right eye. I put a little numbing in the area, and this can often create a visible bruise in the area that is difficult to avoid, because this is the thinnest skin on the body, so it is pretty translucent and […]

For medical education- NSFE. Some lucky days I find patients with comedones that are extremely impressive (I love those days!). Other days, I just get mediocre comedones. Today was one of those latter days. Do you want me to post everything I record, like today? I feel like you do. It’s like gambling or fishing, […]

For medical education- NSFE. I couldn’t remember the name of this particular type of mole in the video, but I got close! It’s a cerebriform nevus because it’s a little bumpy and brain-like in shape. Here i do a snip biopsy to remove it easily on the scalp. source

For medical education- NSFE. This patient came to see me because she has “red dots on her hands” that she doesn’t like the appearance of. She is getting married soon, and wants her hands to look beautiful, of course! She has two nevus araneus, also called spider angiomas. These are just small broken capillaries, maybe […]

For medical education- NSFE. Here is Part I of two Parts: Excising two lipomas on the abdomen. This woman was so sweet, just a little frightened, not of the procedure, but because she wasn’t sure what was under her skin. Good news is, that they are likely benign lipomas (clonal collection of fat cells), but […]

This patient had a rash on his lower back that one of my physician assistants was treating. She brought me in to take a look, and I couldn’t help but notice this epidermoid cyst he had on his back. I asked him if he would like me to remove it for him, and if I […]

Here are three patients I saw today, all with comedones to extract. In patient 2 I use very sharp serrated scissors. I use this instrument commonly on the eyelid or within the orbital rim of the eye. This is because in this area, there is no bone under the skin to press a comedone extractor […]