Hey everyone, hope you all had a Happy New Year! We have a special guest back with us, hope you can guess who it is! We did just record this today and was able to edit it in time for you all tonight. Thank you for all of your support and love and never giving […]

This is Part One in a “Story” about “The Masked Man”, a sweet patient of my who has very extensive solar comedones called Favre-Racouchot. You can follow his playlist as well, called “The Masked Man”, or watch Part 2 if you click the link below: Extensive Solar Comedone Extractions, Part 2: Nickname “Masked Man” Thank […]

A blackhead is also called an open comedo (single for comedone), and it is a clogged pore in the skin that is open to the air. Keratin (skin protein) and sebum (oil) combine to block the pore. They are often found on the face and trunk. but they can be found anywhere on the body. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. These are comedones and milia. Both are benign growths that occur on the face. In older individuals, comedones (blackheads and whiteheads) are caused by years of sun exposure. All the above growths can be expressed with a comedone extractor. The gentleman, whose small comedones I extract on the neck has deep […]

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 […]

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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 […]