FACE MAPPING: WHAT YOUR SKIN ACNE SAYS ABOUT YOUR HEALTH
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FACE MAPPING: WHAT YOUR SKIN ACNE SAYS ABOUT YOUR HEALTH

Hi everybody! Today we are going to talk about face mapping. Face mapping is an old way of identifying the cause of breakouts by linking areas of the face to different organs in the body. This method has been around for thousands of years. Our bodies are one unit; everything is connected in one way […]
Removal of a cyst on the anterior shoulder
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Removal of a cyst on the anterior shoulder

This patient was seen by one of our Physician Assistants today, Erin, and she noticed he had an epidermoid cyst that he didn’t like on his left anterior shoulder. I had a few minutes between patients, so I was able to remove it, and video tape it for you all to see. An epidermoid cyst […]
Removing a probable “traumatic lipoma” on the forehead
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Removing a probable “traumatic lipoma” on the forehead

This patient is the same person who had the brown bumps, aka dermatosis papulosa nigra, on her cheeks and neck, removed with laser treatment with the Iriderm laser. She also came to see me for this bump on her forehead which is not painful, but the appearance really bothers her. It is very mobile, and […]
Blackheads, more like keratin plugs, plucked from the nose
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Blackheads, more like keratin plugs, plucked from the nose

This is the patient you have seen last week, who had a scar/mole removed from her chin, and during that visit, I treat to extract blackheads from her nose, but they were extremely stubborn. So, this time, I used forceps/ tweezers to pluck the keratin filaments which very pretty adherent to the nose, and many […]
Excision of a pilomatricoma behind the knee
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Excision of a pilomatricoma behind the knee

This patient has a pilomatricoma, aka a calcifying epithelioma of Malherbe, which is commonly a solitary but mobile growth under the skin which is most often confused to be an epidermoid cyst. These are benign growths, not painful or uncomfortable. I was suspicious it was a pilomatricoma when I removed it because of it’s firmness, […]
Blackheads on the back
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Blackheads on the back

This patient of mine came in for a total body skin check. During this examination, I noticed numerous blackheads on the back. Blackheads are open comedones, follicles/pores that have dilated and are filled with keratin/ skin cells. They can be extracted using a comedone extractor as you see here, but often when they are larger […]
Removing a scar/ mole from the chin.
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Removing a scar/ mole from the chin.

This patient is the same person with the stubborn blackhead/keratin plug extractions on the nose, just recently posted. THIS is the reason that she came to see me in the first place. She has had a mole on her chin, that was treated with a laser many years ago. She doesn’t like the appearance of […]
Three milia extracted on the face
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Three milia extracted on the face

This lovely woman was the last patient of the day for me. She had three bumps on her face that she wanted removed if possible. Although, she didn’t know about my youtube channel or instagram, she is a “popaholic”, meaning, she loves to pop her own blackheads and whiteheads. Well, she couldn’t remove these areas, […]
Solar Comedones Extracted, aka Favre Racouchot
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Solar Comedones Extracted, aka Favre Racouchot

Solar comedones are open and closed comedones, aka blackhead and whiteheads, but these are not seen in teenagers, as a part of acne that is most common in this age group. Solar comedones are blackheads and whiteheads that occur later in life (usually seen in people in their 50s and higher), due to chronic cumulative […]
Re-introduction to Big Blackheads on the Back
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Re-introduction to Big Blackheads on the Back

It’s Throwback Thursday, and I’ll be featuring a past patient every now and then on Thursdays! I’ll include updates for you on the patient’s condition and may also include bonus footage! For my first Throwback Thursday, I want to reintroduce you to my lovely patient who has quite large blackheads on her back. Many of […]