I have a lump on the lower back left side of my neck. It's firm but definitely not rock hard. It feels kind of rubbery, I can't tell if it's movable or not. I've been touching and pulling at it a lot which I think has made it swell up a little more. I have no other symptoms, it's painless. Can mainly only be felt when stretching my neck to the opposite side. I'm 15 and have no family history of cancers. I'm stressing like crazy!
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If the mass drained, it is more likely that they are epidermal inclusion cysts (sebaceous cysts) than lipomas. Either way, they can be removed without shaving the hair. In fact, the area of balding can be excised from your scalp during the resection. They can be removed at the...
Without an exam to feel the mass, it is impossible to make an accurate
diagnosis, but based on your description it is most likely a lipoma (a benign fatty tumor). The treatment is excision. The incision
could be made in a natural forehead crease for optimal scar camouflage
and would likely...
Lipomas do not 'burst'. You may have had a cyst and how you're left with a depression in the thigh? You can let it be or have it excised but that will leave a scar. What's better? Scar or the current depression? Only you can decided