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What skin lesions can be removed within this service?
Miss Anthony will assess your lesion in your appointment, and she may request a photo to be sent first.
Lesions removed in this service are those which are longstanding, unchanged, benign (harmless) skin lesions of cosmetic nuisance only, and that cause no concern to your GP, including:
Moles: mostly shaved and cauterised, or excised (cut out and stitched)
Cysts: excised (cut out and stitched)
Seborrhoeic Keratosis (harmless crusty/"warty" lesions): curettage & cautery or cryotherapy**
Skin tags: snipped, cauterised or frozen with liquid nitrogen (cryotherapy**)
Lipomas (fatty lumps): as for cysts
Spider naevus (blood vessel blemishes): cauterised
Dermatofibroma (smooth firm raised bumps in the skin): excised and stitched
If you have a verruca please consider visiting a podiatrist or chiropodist
Miss Anthony does not use laser-please seek consultation elsewhere if you are interested in this treatment
PLEASE NOTE:
THIS SERVICE IS FOR LONGSTANDING, BENIGN, PRE-DIAGNOSED SKIN LESIONS WHICH ARE OF COSMETIC NUISANCE ONLY. PLEASE CONSULT YOUR GP FIRST.
THIS SERVICE IS NOT FOR GENERAL DERMATOLOGY PROBLEMS OR GENERAL MOLE CHECKS
IF YOU HAVE ANY CHANGING/SYMPTOMATIC SKIN LESIONS PLEASE SEE YOUR GP.
YOU WILL USUALLY REQUIRE A REFERRAL FROM YOUR GP BEFORE AN APPOINTMENT CAN BE BOOKED
Miss Anthony will assess your lesion in your appointment, and she may request a photo to be sent first.
Lesions removed in this service are those which are longstanding, unchanged, benign (harmless) skin lesions of cosmetic nuisance only, and that cause no concern to your GP, including:
Moles: mostly shaved and cauterised, or excised (cut out and stitched)
Cysts: excised (cut out and stitched)
Seborrhoeic Keratosis (harmless crusty/"warty" lesions): curettage & cautery or cryotherapy**
Skin tags: snipped, cauterised or frozen with liquid nitrogen (cryotherapy**)
Lipomas (fatty lumps): as for cysts
Spider naevus (blood vessel blemishes): cauterised
Dermatofibroma (smooth firm raised bumps in the skin): excised and stitched
If you have a verruca please consider visiting a podiatrist or chiropodist
Miss Anthony does not use laser-please seek consultation elsewhere if you are interested in this treatment
PLEASE NOTE:
THIS SERVICE IS FOR LONGSTANDING, BENIGN, PRE-DIAGNOSED SKIN LESIONS WHICH ARE OF COSMETIC NUISANCE ONLY. PLEASE CONSULT YOUR GP FIRST.
THIS SERVICE IS NOT FOR GENERAL DERMATOLOGY PROBLEMS OR GENERAL MOLE CHECKS
IF YOU HAVE ANY CHANGING/SYMPTOMATIC SKIN LESIONS PLEASE SEE YOUR GP.
YOU WILL USUALLY REQUIRE A REFERRAL FROM YOUR GP BEFORE AN APPOINTMENT CAN BE BOOKED
