Save My Skin Season 1, Episode 3 Scrape It Off: Burst to worst
This episode of Save My Skin is bound and determined to ensure nobody ever enjoys eating grapes ever again. Watch on an empty stomach.
Only a few episodes of Save My Skin have aired, and I absolutely love Dr. Emma Craythorne’s accent. Her Northern Irish blend with a bit of Scottish is mesmerizing, because each surplus vowel causes me to pause and translate for half a second. She stars over the actual lesions and bumps.
Let’s get to the rankings of this episode titled “Scrape It Off.”
1. Lili’s growth
It’s difficult to describe Lili. She’s that aunt holds on to fashions that were old a decade ago, remains oblivious to everything, almost certainly bugs her grandchildren for iPhone assistance, and thinks the wart on her face is small. She also appears to put on her makeup while experiencing airplane turbulence.
The episode title comes from her procedure, because the growth is scraped off. It can’t happen soon enough, because the sound against her skin can’t be worse than her British-Fran-Drescher-drinking-whiskey-voice.
2. John’s sniffer
John has one of those huge rhinophyma noses, with growths on each side of the nose. Based on previous episodes of Dr. Pimple Popper, it looks like this is going to be a laser-heavy episode of Save My Skin. Sure enough, Dr. Emma recommends a carbon-dioxide laser. Coworkers are now free to burn popcorn and cook kimchi in the office, because the burning flesh will win out.
The one difference for Dr. Emma is that she doesn’t use the electric loop to carve anything out. Instead, she chooses to use a laser for the entire procedure. On the right side only.
It’s also odd that Dr. Emma only does one side in the sitting, electing to make John walk around with half of a huge nose until the follow-up appointment. The end of the episode shows John a completely different man, with a normally shaped nose and a drastically different demeanor.
3. Paul’s hunchback
There is a lump in the middle of Paul’s back. No big deal. Dr. Emma says it’s “squidgy,” and I’m not quite sure what that means. What is clear, however, is the bump is a lipoma, and the procedure is going to be epic. The biggest concern is leaving a scar because his skin is so clear.
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Oh, the cutting and digging is as satisfying as one would imagine. The camera zooms in on the cutting, with each stretch of skin snipped through. Then the epic squeeze happens. The box-tie shaped double lipoma is far bigger than the incision, and is pulled out similar to how an octopus squeezes into tight spaces.
1. Rachael’s everything
Neurofibromatosis is a horrific condition. Rachael has it all over her body. Bump after bump after bump, and they all look like either grapes or boba balls. Future visits to the frozen yogurt shop will never be the same. Unfortunately for Rachael, she literally has hundreds all over her body, and the best way to take care of them is with a laser.
The ones on her body require minimal effort. A quick zap and a quick tug, that’s it. Those on her face, however, are brutal. Dr. Emma shoots the laser at the bump to open a hole, then squeezes the base of the bump to push out the what looks like an chestnut. The chestnut is subsequently toasted, leaving a gaping hole. Very gross. She’ll need dozens more visits to make a considerable difference.
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Save My Skin airs Thursdays at 9/8c on TLC.