What skin lesions can be removed within this service?
Benign (harmless) skin lesions that cause no concern to your GP, including:
Skin tags: snipped, cauterised or frozen with liquid nitrogen (cryotherapy**)
Cysts: excised (cut out) and stitched
Fatty lumps (lipoma): as for cysts
Small benign moles: mostly shaved and cauterised
Benign crusty or warty lesions (seborrhoeic keratosis): curettage & cautery or cryotherapy**
Blood vessel blemishes (spider naevus and haemangioma): cauterised
Dermatofibroma (smooth raised lumps in the skin): excised and stitched
If you have a verruca please consider visiting a podiatrist or chiropodist
Benign (harmless) skin lesions that cause no concern to your GP, including:
Skin tags: snipped, cauterised or frozen with liquid nitrogen (cryotherapy**)
Cysts: excised (cut out) and stitched
Fatty lumps (lipoma): as for cysts
Small benign moles: mostly shaved and cauterised
Benign crusty or warty lesions (seborrhoeic keratosis): curettage & cautery or cryotherapy**
Blood vessel blemishes (spider naevus and haemangioma): cauterised
Dermatofibroma (smooth raised lumps in the skin): excised and stitched
If you have a verruca please consider visiting a podiatrist or chiropodist