Dermatology - St. Elizabeth Community Hospital - Red Bluff, CA

A biopsy is an examination of tissue removed from a living body to discover the presence, cause, or extent of a disease.

Mole removal is a minor medical procedure that is done when your doctor suspects a moles may be cancerous. The mole can be removed surgically by cutting it out. The mole tissue is then sent for biopsy.

Cryosurgery is a procedure where extremely cold liquid or an instrument called a cryoprobe is used to freeze abnormal tissue.

Hair removal which is also called epilation or depilation, is the deliberate removal of unwanted body hair.

Laser therapy is a procedure that uses a highly focused beam of light set at a specific wavelength to treat certain medical conditions. Laser therapy can be used for many procedures, such as shrinking tumors, removing kidney storms, the removal of a portion of the prostate, vision improvement, and treating pain.

Allergy testing, also known as skin, prick or blood testing, is a method for determining to what substances a person is allergic.

Skin cancer is a form of cancer that occurs when basal cells of the skin mutate. These mutated cells grow and multiple rapidly, crowding out and destroying healthy cells and forming a tumor. This cancer can affect the top layers of skin or can go into the deeper layers of the skin and it can spread to other parts of the body.