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, […]

For medical education- NSFE. Here is Part I of two Parts: Excising two lipomas on the abdomen. This woman was so sweet, just a little frightened, not of the procedure, but because she wasn’t sure what was under her skin. Good news is, that they are likely benign lipomas (clonal collection of fat cells), but […]

For medical education- NSFE. Here’s the second, larger lipoma, which was very mobile under the skin. Lipomas are benign clonal collections of fat cells, that look a little different then the other fat cells in an area. source

For medical education- NSFE. This young woman had two small firm balls under the skin on her abdomen and she was very worried about what they were. She has had lipomas removed from other areas of her body in the past. Here’s the first, smaller but firmer one. source

For medical education- NSFE. This is my lovely patient who had the big blackheads on her back that we extracted a month ago. As you can see she is such a sweet woman, who loves to tell stories. And she has allowed us to film her amazing blackheads and cysts! She returns today so that […]

This is a great example of why I love my job… I’m lucky to have these wonderful patients that I get to develop a relationship with, who make you laugh, who you look forward to seeing. And the bonus is, I get to extract their blackheads. Hopefully, someday he will appreciate that I did so… […]

For medical education- NSFE. Favre-Racouchot is a skin condition that causes comedones (blackheads) especially around the eyes. In this case the comedones are due to extensive sun exposure and sun damage. Here we are extracting them using a comedone extractor source

For medical education- NSFE. I love this couple! They are so sweet and cute together! Notice how his solar comedones are much worse on the left side of his face— this is because he gets more sun exposure on the left side, as many of us do in the US and other countries where the […]

For medical education- NSFE. This patient works long hours outdoors in the dirt and soot and has developed many blackheads that have settled into the creases of his forehead making the wrinkles appear deeper and more prominent. I was surprised at how happy it made him when we extracted as many as we could. I […]

For medical education- NSFE. Extracting comedones caused by excess sun exposure, a condition called Favre-Racouchot. These comedones can be difficult to extract and I needed to numb the areas and I also used an 11 blade to break the superficial skin surface first to extract many of them. Enjoy! source