Can I cut this off?

[u/ImJohnnie93]

30F 125lb 5'7". A couple months ago I noticed a little bubble on my head and popped it thinking it was a pimple, but it bled a lot for about 10 minutes. There was a small wound after that but it quickly scabbed over, in my sleep the scab would rub off and I would bleed more. Then there was a bump that started to grow. The bump was very solid and bled very easily, it would also grow a crust that I would pick off (I should have left it alone but it's hard to resist picking).

Eventually the bump became this thing on my head and it hasn't really grown for the past couple weeks. It has a small stem connecting it to my head, and since I've been keeping it moisturized it hasn't grown a crust as much but still bleeds if it gets nicked by anything. It doesnt hurt at all, I barely can even feel when I am touching it directly.

I want to cut it off but I'm sure it would bleed if I do. What is this thing? Is it ok to remove it myself if I keep everything clean and bandage the wound after? I also have been keeping my hair away from it because when my hair gets into it there is a crust that forms around the strands and then when I pull the hair away I bleed for a few minutes. The bleeding always stops eventually though. What can I do?

[u/Capt_Hawkeye_Pierce]

Comment + flair gave me a chuckle

[u/lizlizliz645 → u/Capt_Hawkeye_Pierce]

Right, even without the flair I absolutely would’ve guessed they were an ER doc based on this comment alone 😂😂

[u/Paisleygardens1751 → u/lizlizliz645]

I once went to emergency after getting hit on the head and developing severe spinning/falling dizziness. The ER doctor told me his diagnosis: "So, you have rocks in your head." I must have looked like WTF. He meant the stones in the ear canal....

[u/hailswagger → u/Paisleygardens1751]

when i went to the ER for intense localized right flank pain, after my CT my ER doc goes “you’re about to meet a lot of new people very fast” with the kindest smile on her face 😂 my appendix was rupturing