Caspar BensonGetty Images • In a new YouTube video, Dr. Pimple Popper removes a cyst from a patient’s back using a method that punches out tissue to reach the cyst.• Dr. Lee uses the punch method because the skin on the back is some of the thickest skin on the body, making excising cysts difficult… Read More »
• In a new YouTube video, Dr. Pimple Popper removes a small pilar cyst from a man’s forehead, which she compares to a “magic bean.”• Pilar cysts are fluid-filled lumps that tend to form on the scalp and can sometimes go way on their own. • They’re typically benign, and affect just 5 to 10… Read More »
A chocolate cyst is an ovarian cyst filled with old blood. These cysts, which doctors call endometriomas, are not cancerous, though they usually mean that a person’s endometriosis is severe enough to complicate their fertility. Between 20 and 40 percent of people with endometriosis develop chocolate cysts. In this article, we explore the causes, symptoms,… Read More »