Skin Lumps and Bumps Removal
Many people suffer from lumps or bumps on the surface of their skin or deeper in the skin layers. Do not ignore these skin bumps hoping they may go away on their own. When it comes to your skin, it is always better to be safe than sorry.
All skin lumps should be examined by your trained dermatologist, who can advise on the most suitable management for health and cosmetic reasons.
COMMON PROCEDURES
Some of the procedures we commonly use to remove lumps and bumps include:
- Cryotherapy - refers to a freezing treatment using liquid nitrogen at -196 degree Celsius. Commonly used to treat warts or age spots.
- Electrocautery - refers to the use of an electrical device to burn off lumps and bumps on the surface of the skin.
- Lasers - special machines that use laser beams of specific wavelengths to treat different targets in the skin. Can be used to remove unwanted hair, pigment, vessels, and to improve skin texture and pore size. Warts, syringomas, trichoepitheliomas are skin lesions that can be treated with the CO2 laser.
- Surgery - refers to the cutting out of tissue for diagnosis or removal purposes. Skin lesions protruding from the surface of the skin can be shaved with a sharp blade. Skin lesions deeper in the skin may need to have a sample taken using the punch biopsy technique. Alternatively entire lesions may be cut out using the excision technique.