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Solid lump on forehead - is there anyway I could get it shaved down? (photos)

hassanhussain2021Oct 17, 2021
Hi I have a hard solid bump on the left side of my forhead I have had this since I was a child I don't know how it got there it might have been there since birth. It is solid to touch it does not move and it is not painfull and it has not grown in size. Ihave had 2 separate consultations with a osteoma specialist surgeons nd on both occasions they have said it is defiantly not a osteoma they said it could just be the way my forhead bone has formed? Is there anyway I could get this shaved down.

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Dr. Barry L. Eppley, MD, DMD
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Answered on Oct 20, 2021
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