Lasers have an increased risk for hair fires, eye damage, and lasers produce harmful smoke. It was pretty small and she didn’t seem to notice, so after the walk I removed it. Think of how much more painful a burn is. This morning when getting ready for our morning walk, I found what appeared to be a small skin tag on the top of my dog’s (3 year old hound/Doberman) head. We do not use lasers to cut skin or remove masses because lasers use heat to destroy tissue which causes wider damage and more pain than a blade.
Scalpels can be used for slightly larger growths We use small circular blades for round growths to make sure we get the root
We use Cryosurgery (liquid nitrogen) for thin flat areas or viral papillomas The entire process takes less than 10 minutes per mass, if small (less than pea sized), longer for larger masses. A local anesthetic (lidocaine) is injected just below the mass to be removed. The hair around the mass is clipped and the skin is cleaned. Many pets have large numbers of these warty masses, we can take off several at a time. These are unsightly on pets because they bleed easily, become infected easily, and may exude a waxy substance. These are non-cancerous and often small (less than 2cm), but these can be itchy and bother many pets. The most common masses we remove are sebaceous adenomas. Anesthesia may be needed for pets of certain personalities, or for masses on the ears or near the eyes.Īt Pet Dermatology Clinic, we specialize in removing small superficial tumors without the need for general anesthesia using a local nerve block. General anesthesia is very appropriate for large, spreading, or deep masses. They are chronically infected (common with cysts)Īlmost any tumor can be removed under general anesthesia. Removal of Skin Growths Why remove skin masses?
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