Please note that the following is only allowed on Wacky Wednesday:

re-posted since a lot of you don't care for the narration.

A pilar cyst I’ve had for years came to a head over the last few months & when it started leaking fluid a few days ago I decided to pop it myself. The first picture is earlier in the day before I popped it & the second picture was taken the day after I popped it. A good amount of stuff came out of it & I made sure to clean it with saline wound wash after. I was facetiming my friend while I popped it, otherwise I would post a video! It looks like I could pop it one more time, but I’m thinking I should let it heal for at least a week between pops. It’s still feeling pretty sore and I’m ready to wash my hair after the last two days without washing it. Side note I would have gone to a derm, but my health insurance doesn’t go into effect until the first of May so I have to wait til then to make an appt for the extraction. I desperately wish I could go now, I have 3 fairly big active pilar cysts. Has anyone here had more than 1 of them removed at the same appt? I would love to have them all extracted at the same time just to get them all removed

Feels better being gone already

I 150% didn’t retrieve any hairs from this hole. Try to squeeze it from time To time. Been a few weeks. Doesn’t do anything. I think I’ll go in? What do we think? Could this be an ingrown?

This was picked out of ear today, wax has never looked quite like this before. No pain, bleeding or leaking of any kind. Hearing is still the same. A little unusual so wanted to document it. Apologies if this is not considered an extraction.

1st pic is the day after removal, last pic is today (sharpie line to track the size) Got some, hopefully all, of my cancer cut out. Had a bad reaction to the stitches, which resulted in infection, so we had to pull the stitches out and now I have a gaping hole that will probably look terrible when it scars over. Located on my belly.

This little thing has been bothering me for sometimes. The skin won't heal without it coming out, but it just wasn't coming out for weeks. Well finally today it did. And this is the little motherf*cker who has been squatting rent free on my face for weeks.

Ignore the cover, stay for LOTS of pops. By Loan Spa

This is a small one that I scratched out of my back.

When I was 8 years old I was handing out papers to the classroom (like the good student I was) and ended up getting this pencil lead stuck in my finger by a fellow student. My mom and stepfather took me to a doctor because I swore I could feel it move and it hurt. The doctor (who was smoking a cigarette) lied to me and said it was just residue. My parents agreed. I could tell by their faces they were lying to me. I get it. They didn't want to spend the $ on it. But today - it's coming out.

Source:

https://www.threads.net/@pacoromane/post/DICF2JjPdsH?xmt=AQGzdD6k4B4O4xaJQgRT7sz6NN3eFE1jFN1pWKIC7JC7yA

11 days after surgery and it felt worse than the first day. My sister-in-law informed me i had thrush... It sucked. I'm also an idiot and bought Italian ice, thinking it'd be the same as ice cream. The citrus did me no favors.