The specialist clinic opens its doors to patients with acne, psoriasis and cysts.
A bass player has a lump on his forehead that gives him a perpetual headache. Dr Emma operates on a chest cyst, and Dr Adil debates if he can remove a keloid from a patient’s ear.
Dr Adil gets a surprise while operating on a lipoma, and a patient develops large lumps called keloids on both her ears as a result of getting her ears pierced.
A man has a lump the size of a golf ball removed from his neck, Dr Emma tackles a huge lipoma, and an operation to remove a cyst uncovers something else hidden underneath.
In this week’s Skin A&E clinic, four top dermatologists treat patients for skin conditions such as cysts, lipomas and skin tags that the NHS views as cosmetic, but that can hugely affect the sufferers.
Dr Emma tries to remove a cyst from a patient and tries to diagnose a rash on another.
A 37-year-old hairdresser visits the clinic to try and get some of his multiple lipomas removed; Dr Emma diagnoses a rare acne form that she’s only seen once in her 21-year career.
Colette has come to the clinic with a head cyst that she calls ‘the Monster’.
37-year-old Richard comes to the clinic with a large lipoma on the back of his neck.
Dr Adil is unsure what two lumps on a patient’s back actually are. The only way to find out is to cut into them. Dr Natalia sees a patient with severe alopecia.