I realize this really isn't the best quality picture. And unless I've shown you, you probably have absolutely no idea what this is. Well, it was in my head.
I've had this bump on my head for as long as I can remember. I'm sure I haven't had it my whole life, but I think I remember having had it even high school and I don't specifically remember when I first had it. I never really thought much of it, figuring it was just a zit on my head (it never occurred to me how long it had been there). I got my hair cut right around the beginning of last semester, so like early September-ish. The girl totally buzzed it, and exclaimed how much it must have hurt me, but I didn't feel a thing. She said I should maybe get it checked out.
That got me worried, and I said something to my mom about it. But, I guess she just ignored me. I was really self-conscious about it from that point, so I let my hair grow out quite a little so it would cover it up. But, then it got too long and messy, so I got it cut in December. Well, apparently this time my mom noticed because she saw it one day and freaked out. And then everybody started seeing it and came up with these crazy diagnosises of what it could be. I finally found time to go to the doctor, and he didn't really know what it was, so he referred me to a dermatologist.
I went on Monday and found out that it is (probably) a pilar cyst. He said that it is very common, which I find somewhat hard to believe considering I've never even heard of that, and that I didn't have to remove it if I didn't want to. Well, I wanted to because it was pretty big and noticeable. So he took it out that day, and I now have two stitches in my head. Oh, I looked it up and found out that they can develop into tumors, and in rare cases even become cancerous. And I guess that 70% if people who get them get multiple, and the dermatologist said I have the potential to get up to a couple dozen! I think I might already have like four more, so hopefully I won't be plagued with them for the rest of my life.......and if I ever go bald I'll probably have scars all over my head.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy that image. I'll see if I can get a better picture if I have to get another one removed later.
2 comments:
haha so gross and so cool at the same time! i hope you don't become plagued with them too haha
Seriousl....I feel like I find a new one on my head every day! I'm going to have to get like 17 removed at a time... Maybe I'll try to get somebody to record a video of it.
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