Putting all of the “Naming of Samples” and crazy specimens aside, Scanning Electron Microscopes are used for a wide array of important and sometimes life-saving situations. ASPEX was recently confronted with a situation in which a reader sent in skin which was thought to have fibers within it.
After having months of discomfort, the reader went to three dermatologists and a physician whom all sent her home with various prescriptions for creams, pills and specialty soaps. Discouraged and determined, the reader sought out ASPEX’s free scan offer to possibly reveal some answers. It turns out that after the scans were completed, there were carbonic fibers located in the deep within the skin. These fibers were mostly made up of carbon with small amounts of silicon, aluminum and sulfur. The reader was then able to take the appropriate steps in order to get doctors to diagnose this problem before it proceeded to get worse.
Keep in mind that there are situations like this that happen everyday and that SEMs can be used for more than just knowing what a used tissue looks like up close. Look for more ASPEX success stories like this on our blog in the future posts. Our SEM Elemental Analysis is below:
