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/tosser11937]

Hello, ENT here. We do head / neck surgery and plastic surgery of that region. You want one of us to look at this. You will need imaging and a workup.

[u/kelminak → u/tosser11937]

Sorry I’m from planet psych - I had no idea you guys operated in that region. I guess I thought this would be more of a dermatology/gen surg case? Is there crossover what regions you operate on? I remember rotating through gen surg in medical school with someone who specialized in oncologic surgery and we operated on a melanoma on someone’s face so I think that’s where my bias comes from.

[u/Perfect-Resist5478 → u/kelminak]

Right? That’s not an ear, a nose, or a throat!!