For medical education- NSFE. Some lucky days I find patients with comedones that are extremely impressive (I love those days!). Other days, I just get mediocre comedones. Today was one of those latter days. Do you want me to post everything I record, like today? I feel like you do. It’s like gambling or fishing, […]
For medical education- NSFE. Excision of a sizable lipoma in the right armpit. Some of the audio had been omitted to preserve patient privacy. Lipomas are benign growths of clonal fat cells and are fun to remove because they usually come out clean and in one piece. Enjoy! source
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. 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. 1. Small and numerous milia on younger patients are best treated with electrocautery at a very low setting.. this cauterizes the superficial surface of the skin, so that the milia is exposed and will pop out over the next couple of days. Can also be used to “pop” pustules, and shrink […]