drsandra Archives

A seborrheic keratosis that i curette off the lower breast. For medical education- NSFE.

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

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January 28, 2015

A short video of a loooong blackhead. For medical education- NSFE.

For medical education- NSFE. Blackheads extracted on the chest and the back on one of my lovely patients. source

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February 2, 2015

A small punch of a cyst on the cheek. For medical education- NSFE.

For medical education- NSFE. This man had a cyst on his left cheek, a firm bump under the skin. A small punch can be used to remove it. Since he has squeezed the area multiple times, emptying its contents, there is not much to extract, but as long as I get the entire cyst sac, […]

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May 1, 2015

A Standard Cyst excision on the back. For medical education- NSFE.

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 […]

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April 28, 2015

Blackhead on the back. For medical education- NSFE.

For medical education- NSFE. One blackhead down, one more to go! source

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February 17, 2015

Blackheads & Whiteheads on the Nose. For medical education- NSFE.

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, […]

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March 25, 2015

Blackheads again. Some of my patients are chatty. For medical education- NSFE.

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

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March 21, 2015

Clean cyst excision. For medical education- NSFE.

For medical education- NSFE. Good visual of the cyst’s inner contents. It’s pretty, isn’t it? 😉 source

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February 13, 2015

Comedones & milia & Cutis Rhomboidalis Nuchae. For medical education- NSFE.

For medical education- NSFE. These are comedones and milia. Both are benign growths that occur on the face. In older individuals, comedones (blackheads and whiteheads) are caused by years of sun exposure. All the above growths can be expressed with a comedone extractor. The gentleman, whose small comedones I extract on the neck has deep […]

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May 3, 2015

Cyst excision and a shave removal on a young man’s face. For medical education- NSFE.

For medical education- NSFE. source

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April 26, 2015