Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to H J Karge.
Report of a 42 year old woman who had given up her profession as a hairdresser because of urticarial skin eruptions following contact with substances used during working. An open patch test showed after 30 min positive urticarial reactions against permanent wave solution, fixation solution, p-aminodiphenylamin, lanolin-alcohol and clioquinol.
Dirt-tattoos can easily be removed under short term general anesthesia through viguerous scrubbing with a stiff brush and simultaneous washing with a 0,1% oxyzyanate solution. Seven patients were treated according to this method. Good cosmetic results can be obtained through this treatment even 20 days after the accident.
Fifteen patients with rhinophyma were treated surgically by cutting off the hyperplasia nodules with a scalpel followed by shaving with a disposable shaving razor. The cosmetic results were good and no scar formation occurred.
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