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bump on head!
I have this weird bump on my scalp I had my mom look at it and she said it looked like a pimple?
is it just a bug bite or something?
or is it serious?
i'm like freaking out!
please helppp..
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Dont worry about I had one and I hated it me and my mom tried wart stuff and it didnt work so we went to the doctor and he numbs the area and cuts it off the the scalpol.....completley painless I PROMISE!!
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I have these, and so does my mom. It might be a sebaceous cyst.
Your mom's right - it does look like a pimple, because that's basically what it is. The difference is that the material inside is sebum, which is an oil produced by your skin, and it's located further down in your skin layers.
Fortunately, it doesn't usually cause problems. Sometimes they can grow too much and rupture, or they can get infected. You can get rid of them with surgery, or you can also try applying a heating pad several times a day.
I checked out the Wikipedia entry to make sure it didn't have any really gross pictures:
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