DermaV Laser Treatments Now Available at CPSC

We are closed over the Christmas and New Year Period from 23rd December to 2nd January inclusive.

We will be back open again on 3rd January.

We wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

This is the third in a series of images aimed at raising awareness of skin cancer. We will present photographs of actual patients from Central Perth Skin Clinic who have been diagnosed with a skin cancer. In doing so, we hope that it will show various different skin cancers and how they can present. We will only publish photographs from patients who have provided consent.

Lesion 03 – Pigmented Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC)

This spot was found on the chest of a 50 year old male on a routine skin check. It is a fairly classic Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC) with some pigmentation present. This lesion was successfully treated here at Central Perth Skin Clinic.
BCC is the most common type of skin cancer in Australia. It is quite different to melanoma. BCCs are often slow growing and found on sun damaged skin, particularly on the head and neck. They usually present as a pink patch or lump on the skin that may have developed over weeks to months. They may have pigment in them as in the case of this lesion, and they can bleed easily or develop an ulcer on the surface. Sometimes they are very subtle and people are not aware of them until found during a skin check. Other times people think they are just a sore or pimple that isn’t healing up or is “coming and going”.

If you have anything like this on the skin then you should get it checked.

This is the second in a series of images aimed at raising awareness of skin cancer. We will present photographs of actual patients from Central Perth Skin Clinic who have been diagnosed with a skin cancer. In doing so, we hope that it will show various different skin cancers and how they can present. We will only publish photographs from patients who have provided consent.

Lesion 02 – Superficial Spreading Melanoma

This spot was first noticed on a 22 year old male after he trimmed his beard – originally it was flat but after noticing it growing and becoming thicker he presented to get it checked.
An excisional biopsy was performed at CPSC and the pathologist confirmed it was an invasive melanoma (subtype = superficial spreading melanoma). He has had further surgery by a plastic surgeon to complete treatment and now attends CPSC on an ongoing basis for regular skin checks.

If you have a spot that looks different, is changing, or is like a sore or pimple that doesn’t seem to get better, please get it checked.

This is the first in a series of images aimed at raising awareness of skin cancer. We will present photographs of actual patients from Central Perth Skin Clinic who have been diagnosed with a skin cancer. In doing so, we hope that it will show various different skin cancers and how they can present. We will only publish photographs from patients who have provided consent.

Lesion 01 – Nodular Melanoma

This lesion on a 55yo man’s elbow is a nodular melanoma. This had been growing over a few months and kept getting knocked and irritated due to its location on the elbow. Initially didn’t look much more than a wart on the skin, but it kept growing and prompted a skin check. It has now been completely removed following initial biopsy at CPSC and definitive treatment with wide local excision by a plastic surgeon.

If you have a spot that looks different, is changing, or is like a sore or pimple that doesn’t seem to get better, please get it checked.

We were fortunate to recently receive a Grant from the City Of Perth for new signage in our waiting room.

We are very happy with our new LED back lit sign and wish to thank the City of Perth for the funding support for us and other small business in the Perth CBD.

We are very excited to launch our new website that has been expertly crafted by the team at Digital Noir/KWP in Adelaide.

We would like to thank the team for their wonderful work in first of all taking the time to listen to what we were looking for and then designing and creating it. We very much appreciated their level of professionalism, attention to detail and creativity. It was a pleasure to work together.

We hope you love the site as much as we do and we hope to see you soon at Central Perth Skin Clinic.

Check out Digital Noir’s portfolio here.

We are very excited to welcome Dr Andrew Duthie to CPSC. He will be joining us in late October and can be consulted on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Andrew is a graduate of UWA and a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. He is an Accredited Skin Cancer doctor with the Skin Cancer College of Australasia. He is able to perform advanced dermoscopic skin screening as well as complex skin surgery on-site including flap and graft surgery. Surgery has always been an interest area of his and he began early doctor life as an Orthopaedic Registrar. He remains involved in hospital surgical assisting for several Orthopaedic surgeons in Perth.

To make an appointment to see Dr Andrew, follow the links on our website to book online, or call 1300 277 546.

Welcome to Central Perth Skin Clinic, Dr Andrew!