Blackheads on the back
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06:45

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 […]
Blackheads, more like keratin plugs, plucked from the nose
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07:11

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 […]
Cyst excision on left cheek
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10:30

Cyst excision on left cheek

This husband and wife couple are so darling, and they came in to see me from a little bit of a distance (about an hour plus drive), so that I could remove this bump on his left cheek. He’s a bit squeamish with this popping stuff, but his wife loves it. I wasn’t sure whether […]
Cyst within a scar, excised.  For medical education- NSFE.
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06:13

Cyst within a scar, excised. For medical education- NSFE.

For medical education- NSFE. An example that not all cysts are easy to remove. When a cyst has been partially excised in the past (as in this case) or has been inflamed or infected previously, there is much fibrosis and scarring making it very difficult to remove a cyst whole and almost impossible to squeeze […]