Ear, Nose & Throat insights from Mike Dilkes, expert in ENT laser surgery

Big tonsils can take a few treatments to significantly shrink down.This patient is still symptomatic

An unusual white lump in the back of the throat. It looks like a tonsil stone but is it?

Multiple tonsil stones causing a bad taste and the impression of bad breath.

Even tiny remnants after laser tonsillectomy under local anaesthetic spray can cause problems

Large sore tonsils cause tonsillitis, snoring and bad breath. But the NHS won't treat them.

Laser tonsillectomy under local anaesthetic may still leave tonsil stones needing a second procedure

Very large tonsils need laser tonsillectomy under general anaesthetic using an operating microscope

Tonsil stones form in crypts and holes in the tonsil. Here is one that is beginning to form.