Abstract
None of the textbooks available to me mentioned the treatment of kerion celsi with CO 2 therapy. I have attempted to treat this condition by the usual methods of compresses, antibiotics by mouth, and locally in the past, with resultant slow healing. About four years ago, I began treating all kerions with solid CO 2 applications, using a pencil of approximately 2 to 2.5 cm. in diameter and firm pressure for 25 seconds to a sufficient number of areas to cover the kerion and a 0.5 cm. margin around it. The patients experience considerable discomfort for a period of a few minutes following the treatment. The lesion becomes quite edematous but subsides in a few days with hot compresses and antibiotic ointment. In about 10 days the kerion is usually entirely healed. An occasional lesion requires additional treatment to one or two small areas two weeks after the
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