Skin Surgery
Dingle Medical Centre offers a range of skin surgery procedures for medical card patients and private patients. Most of these procedures are covered by private health insurance.
We welcome second opinions or referrals from other practices.
We offer the following services
Abscess drainage
Stitching of wounds in emergencies
Removal of foreign bodies, eg timber, glass etc
Skin biopsy to confirm the diagnosis of skin lesions
Removal of moles and pigmented lesions
Removal of sebacious cysts
Removal of ingrown toe nails
Joint injections for joint pains
Insertion and removal of the contraceptive implant
Cryosurgery for removal of warts, verrucas and other skin lesions.
All skin lesions and skin biopsies which are surgically removed are sent to the pathology lab in Kerry General Hospital where thay are examined by a pathologist and a report is sent back to the GP.