Check out this video too see a pretty big movable lipoma being removed from the scalp! A lipoma is slow-growing, benign growth of fat cells. It is contained in a thin, fibrous capsule and found right under the skin. A lipoma is typically not tender and moves around easily with slight pressure. A lipoma is […]
A mother and daughter travelled a distance to see me. Daughter is a popaholic and brought her Spanish-speaking mother to see me because of this bump on her scalp. It was a pilar cyst and I was happy to remove it for her. Her daughter watched and filmed the procedure as well. I always warn […]
This patient has three pretty large pilar cysts on her scalp. We both agreed to take them out one at a time.. Here’s the first. Many of you ask why is it that I see pilar cysts in three’s? Is this how they present? Well, my answer is no, a person can have just one […]
A Pilar Cyst, aka a trichilemmal cyst, an isthmus-catagen cyst, or a “wen”, looks identical on examination to the more common epidermoid cyst, except that 90% of them occur on the scalp. They tend to be more mobile and firmer than epidermoid cysts, and are derived from a different part of the hair follicle/skin. The […]