Diagnosis & Treatments

• To diagnose a particular skin disease investigations may be needed like:
  • Skin scraping and microscopy – used to diagnose fungal infections
  • Dermoscopy – to evaluate macroscopic pictures of skin lesions especially skin cancers
  • Blood tests
  • Biopsy – a small piece of skin is removed for evaluation by a pathologist
  • Patch testing – allergens are placed on the back of the patient to test for specific allergies in patients with allergic contact dermatitis.
  • Mole Mapping
• Treatments:
  • Intralesional corticosteroid injections for:
    • Keloids
    • Alopecia areata
    • Specific nail problems
  • Intralesional bleomycin injection for:
    • Plantar warts
  • Cryotherapy for
    • Solar keratoses (sun-damage lesions)
    • Warts
    • Skin tags
    • Sun spots
  • Small Excisions/Incisions
    • Malignant (cancerous) skin lesions, etc
  • Curettage and cauterizing
    • Basal cell carcinomas, etc
  • Shave biopsy
    • Benign (non-cancerous) skin lesions, like moles.
  • Cauterizing
    • Telangiectasia (small blood vessel dilatations), etc

Most of our procedures allow patients to drive and work immediately afterwards.