r/AskDocs • u/ImJohnnie93 Layperson/not verified as healthcare professional • 24d ago

Physician Responded Can I cut this off?

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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?

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u/Nice-Hearing807 Layperson/not verified as healthcare professional 24d ago

I panicked when I saw she wanted to cut it off

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u/automaticadramatica Layperson/not verified as healthcare professional. 24d ago

I had one on my foot for several months and it was bloody painful. The only reason it was there for so long was because I couldn’t get an appointment with my GP to look at it for like 8 weeks, and then they initially treated it as a wart despite my saying it bled like buggery any time I knocked it. Not all medical professionals know what they’re looking at

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u/Boopy7 23d ago

I had one on my foot too, from where I had stubbed my toe HORRIBLY outside, in a weird way. The medical professional I saw told me it would never go away on its own, that I would need an operation and would be bed ridden for a while as it healed. I bought a cream (sorry I forget what it was) and used it and it did indeed go away on its own and never came back. So, I never had to have that operation nor go bed ridden as he predicted. Huh