PIMPLES

Do you have PIMPLES that just won’t go away? Maybe they’re NOT pimples but SEBACEOUS HYPERPLASIA, which are enlarged oil glands.

They’re often yellowish or tan, and if you look under a magnifying mirror, you’ll often see a little crater in the center, which is the opening of the oil gland.

The raised bump is the top of the gland that’s poking through the skin. To shrink it, I typically zap with a hyfrecator device, which is an electric needle that lightly cauterizes the surface of the gland.

I can safely do this on all skin types, from very fair to richly pigmented. If done carefully, it should not leave a scar.

It stings a little bit, then looks like a pimple for a couple of days. After that it shrivels up, looks like a flake of black pepper, and then falls off in about a week – like MAGIC 🌟! The only risk is that it may grow back, since the rest of the gland is still underneath the skin.

☠️ WARNING: Do not try this at home. I’ve had to treat scarring from patients who bought “mole removal” devices online 👹. Best to come in & let me do it 😁