Watch Dr. Pimple Popper Remove a Cutaneous Horn from a Patient's Nose
In a new Instagram video, Dr. Pimple Popper removes a cutaneous horn from a patient’s nose.
Dr. Lee numbs the side of the woman's nose, then uses a surgical blade to cut off the small horn.
A cutaneous horn is a tough, hard growth made of keratin, which is the protein that makes up hair and nails.
This isn't your average blackhead pop or simple cyst squeeze. In a new Instagram video, Dr. Pimple Popper—aka, dermatologist and TLC host Dr. Sandra Lee, MD—removes a cutaneous horn from a patient’s nose. That's right. This growth is truly a hard, tough horn.
The interesting growth is on the side of the patient’s nose, appearing like a large flake of skin or an exceptionally gigantic whitehead. In the quick clip, Dr. Lee numbs the area, then uses a surgical blade to cut off the small horn. The growth comes off quite easily with a light sawing motions by the doctor.
“We’ll take that little friend of yours off,” Dr. Lee says to the patient while removing the growth. And the patient sweetly thanks her for the effort.
A cutaneous horn is a tough, hard growth made of keratin, which is the protein that makes up hair and nails. The often-curved growth commonly looks like a cone, bump or “horn,” and it can vary in size. According to Healthline, about half of cutaneous horns appear on top of skin cancer or precancerous skin lesions. Others may appear on top of burn scars or noncancerous skin conditions.
Check out the unique removal below:
And just like that it’s gone! Goodbye little cutaneous horn! 👋🏻 #drpimplepopper
A post shared by Sandra Lee, MD, FAAD, FAACS (@drpimplepopper) on Apr 5, 2020 at 7:53pm PDT
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