The cosmetic treatment of skin complaints : with especial reference to physical therapy and scarless methods of operation / by E. Kromayer.

  • Kromayer, Ernst, 1862-1933.
Date:
1930
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Credit: The cosmetic treatment of skin complaints : with especial reference to physical therapy and scarless methods of operation / by E. Kromayer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ii]) and parallel with the healthy skin, care being taken not to damage the cutis propria. Healing takes place under a scab. X-rays When juvenile warts are present all over the arms, wrists, and back to the number of some hundreds, X-rays are indicated. The more recent the eruption the lighter the dose required, but to be effective it must always be in the neighbourhood of the erythema dose. Conversely, the longer the warts have been in existence and the more firmly they are set, the larger the dose needed for their destruction. It should be mentioned that juvenile warts sometimes disappear spontaneously and also that they sometimes yield to arsenic. This remedy is therefore worth a trial. It is given in the form of Fowler’s solution, five to ten drops thrice daily. XXIX SEBACEOUS CYSTS Pathology A sebaceous cyst consists of horny and fatty epithelial matter completely enclosed in a spherical membrane made up of epithelial and connective tissue. It lies loosely in the subcutaneous tissue and can be easily displaced. Operative Removal These cysts can only be removed by surgery. In the operation which has been universally practised hitherto a long incision is made through the skin above the cyst without damaging the membrane. The cyst is easily loosened and is extruded bodily by lateral pressure. This operation is easy to perform but has the disadvantage that the incision is large and leaves a scar for its whole length, so that when the cyst is removed from the face, chest, or back the cosmetic result is not good.