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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.