This is a lovely patient of mine, who recently completed chemotherapy and radiation treatments due to breast cancer. She noticed this lump on her cheek that has grown quite rapidly in the last year. I don’t think this cyst appearance or growth is directly related to her recent breast cancer diagnosis or treatment, but I […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
This patient I saw yesterday for an overall body exam/ mole check. She has great skin in general, but has multiple seborrheic keratoses on her back which irritate her and are itchy. I explained to her that there are benign growths, that seem to sit a top the skin.. they are not moles, will not […]
Here’s my patients two months after her surgery! She had a bump on her upper back that she hated. It was an epidermoid cyst, which is a benign growth that can grow to a large size, just under the skin surface. Cysts like this don’t need to be removed, but they can get inflamed and […]
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 […]
Sorry, I accidentally deleted this video from my youtube yesterday. This patient has a seborrheic keratosis, aka a “wisdom spot” on her left cheek. These are benign growths, but people don’t like the appearance of them so they often request removal. The most common method of removal is probably treatment with liquid nitrogen spray. However, […]