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12th March 2017
12:33pm GMT
We know there's those of you walking amongst us who find the process of popping spots and the such to be extremely satisfying to watch.
Failing that, there's others who don't particularly enjoy watching the process but find it strangely entrancing.
For every person who can't look, there's another who can't look away.
Dr. Sandra Lee, more famously known as Dr. Pimple Popper has a very active YouTube page with over two million subscribers and she regularly uploads videos such as the one below.
The patient below has an epidermoid cyst and it's a benign growth commonly found in the skin and typically appears on the face, neck or trunk, but can occur anywhere on the body.
“Surgical excision is curative," Lee explains, "But the complete cyst removal including the entire cyst sac and contents need to be removed to ensure that the cyst won’t reoccur.”
“The pasty contents are mostly composed of macerated keratin (wet skin cells), which creates this ‘cheesy’ consistency, and there can be a pungent odor.”
The action starts around the two minute mark.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKpIACxkbsc
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