Dermatologist Dr. Sandra Lee — known as Dr. Pimple Popper — has attracted more than three million subscribers on YouTube with her pimple videos. One of her recent uploads, which was first shared on Monday, shows a pilar cyst on the woman’s scalp. With my surgical experience and some anesthesia medications.
Thanks to Lee’s surgical expertise and some anesthesia, the removal process was quick and satisfactory. At around 1:48, the bag releases a stream of gunk. At 2:30pm, he explains the whole thing to me as one soft blister.
During the procedure, Lee also has an interesting conversation with the patient, who describes her previous attempt to burst one of her cysts at home. The woman says she pressed on the cyst and then noticed “something sharp” coming out of it a few days later, and that the growth had not been completely emptied.
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Pilar cysts are benign growths usually found on the scalp, according to DermNet NZ, the educational website of the New Zealand Dermatology Society. These cysts are skin sacs filled with keratin, the protein that makes up hair and nails, and an acidic, cheesy substance that comes out when the cyst is squeezed.
