Milia and Whiteheads extracted on the face
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Milia and Whiteheads extracted on the face

This lovely woman is a patient of mine who gets non melanoma skin cancers, likely due to the cumulative sun exposure she has had through her life. She loves to garden and play golf.. both hobbies that expose you to a lot of sun! She had three skin cancers to remove on her face.. not […]
Milia around the mouth that were stubborn!
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Milia around the mouth that were stubborn!

This woman came with her daughter for cosmetic treatments, but I noticed some small blackheads on the left side of her lip. When I pointed them out to her she stretched the skin of her left lip to show me she had some pretty big milia on the left side of her lip that she […]
Milia extractions, hydrocystoma, after Mohs skin cancer surgery
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Milia extractions, hydrocystoma, after Mohs skin cancer surgery

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Milia extraction and a Prurigo Nodularis
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Milia extraction and a Prurigo Nodularis

This patient had a few small firm bumps on the right side of her neck that have really been bothering her, so she requested removal. I thought the first one was just a picker’s nodule, also called a prurigo nodular, which is essentially a bump that is thickened and firm because it is manipulated often […]
A wart and a milium removed.
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A wart and a milium removed.

This patient has a filiform verruca on his right lower lip, aka a wart. “Filiform” just describes the shape, since it’s long and thin, projecting from the surface of the skin A wart is caused by a virus, so they can be easy to remove (sometimes not so easy), but they can reoccur. This is […]
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, […]
Some stubborn milia
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Some stubborn milia

Initially, I thought these bumps lateral to this patient’s left eye were solar comedones due to their location and his history of chronic sun exposure. However, the bumps extracted were pearly, slightly firm tiny cysts, so I believe they were milia. Milia are very superficial cysts which commonly occur on the face, in particular around […]
The difference between blackheads & milia
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The difference between blackheads & milia

Do you know the difference between a blackhead and a milia? Blackheads and whiteheads are also known as open and closed comedones. They are dilated pores that are plugged with keratin. Whiteheads are closed, meaning there is skin covering the comedone. Blackheads are open, exposed to air. Air oxidizes the keratin, causing it to turn […]