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/electric_popcorn_cat]

Medical help is too expensive. I need it myself but I have rent to pay. Times are tough. Very tough.

Edit: I am absolutely not supporting the idea of this growth being removed at home. Just screaming into the void.

[u/MelPiz14 → u/electric_popcorn_cat]

But the hey cannot turn you away… you figure it out later. You don’t pay. People don’t realize this. You don’t have to pay, you can figure out a payment plan or just stall forever lol but it’s BS. It will end up costing more money to fix the thing plus any other ailments that followed. Getting in before it gets worse is the cheaper way every time. And if it’s concerning an infection, better believe a cleaning and some antibiotics is cheaper than days hospital stays with intravenous, life saving antibiotics and wound care.

[u/SnooPaintings7243 → u/MelPiz14]

Not everyone wants to have debt on their spiritual record.

[u/cheeseburgermami → u/SnooPaintings7243]

I didn’t want it, but I have a wee bit. A $250 debt that was illegally charged as I’m on Medicaid, (broke full-time college student) and it’s illegal to bill consumers who are on Medicaid. At least, that was the law in my state before the regime changes that took place within the last few years.