This patient saw me this week, and she told me about this bump on her scalp during the last few minutes of her appointment. I think she was scared to have it removed, but as you can see it is pretty simple to remove a bump like this, and it should be a pretty painless […]

Here are three patients I saw today, all with comedones to extract. In patient 2 I use very sharp serrated scissors. I use this instrument commonly on the eyelid or within the orbital rim of the eye. This is because in this area, there is no bone under the skin to press a comedone extractor […]

For medical education- NSFE. This patient had a fleshy, grape-sized growth right in the crease of her inner thigh (this is called the inguinal area). Since it is sessile, almost pedunculated (terms we use to describe its shape) it can easily be removed by numbing the base and using sharp serrated scissors, much like I […]

For medical education- NSFE. Removing via snip excision, seborrheic keratoses and verrucous keratoses, aka “wisdom spots” and skin tags, that commonly occur around the neck. It’s not “medically necessary” to remove these, but as you can see, many people want them off, particularly because they are tough to disguise and they can get caught on […]