Weird lump on ear lobe... better see a doctor

[Sirotnikov]

I had a small wierd lump for quite some time now on my earlobe. Sometimes it would get all ... touch sensitive but it wouldn't last.


And then suddenly, today I noticed it got huge, and very touch sensitive and quite heavy too.

I have no idea what is it, but it feels definitly like a pea that is trapped inside my ear lobe.

I'm trying to soothe it with anti-hestamines hoping it's a nasty reacting to a bite (mosquitos? in winter? let's hope so).


Could be just a benevolent lump.


What doctor do I see for this?

[Six Thousand Year Old Man]

A coroner?

just kidding... probably a general practitioner to start. He/she might refer you to a dermatologist.

[Sirotnikov]

My doctor is rather... not smart and weary of doing too much.

I think I'll go directly to the dermatologist.

[Datajack Franit]

Ack

[Tuberski]

Had your ear pierced before?

Or an ingrown hair.

ACK!

[Sirotnikov]

never had an ear pierced.

ingrown hairs behave differently. i know.

[Thrawn05]

I had a wart on my left earlobe. It made my ear numb and all.

I hear Duct Tape fixes warts. (No joke).

[Tuberski]

Have you had one there before?

I've got a scar on my leg that I had a doctor look at. He said that it used to be an ingrown hair that became infected and the scar tissue is a result of white blood cells fighting the infection.

ACK!

[Tuberski]

Originally posted by Thrawn05
I had a wart on my left earlobe. It made my ear numb and all.

I hear Duct Tape fixes warts. (No joke).

Yes, it could be a seed wart also.

ACK!

[Thrawn05]

I have in-grown haris on my elbows... just like my old man ( ). Nasty things, eveyone thinks I have black heads there, which I don't.

[Thrawn05]

Originally posted by Tuberski


Yes, it could be a seed wart also.

ACK!

It's a pain, I had to buy some special wart fillier from CVS, and every night soke it in warm water and then shave it down for a few minutes. This took about 3 weeks. I wish I knew about the Duct Tape back then.

[Sirotnikov]

I have in-grown haris on my elbows...

me too on re occuring in-grown hair on my lip which is damn annoying.

which is why i know that the thing on my ear has to be something else. it's like a whole pea trapped in an ear lobe!

explain how do you recognize a wart (is the skin tough?) and what's the duct tape method?

[Sikander]

It is almost certainly a benign mass. They are very common in earlobes (I have one). It will probably spew some clear fluid and then shrink back down again. Go see a doctor if you want, but I wouldn't worry too much about it in any event.

[Apocalypse]

I had it too. I just squeezed really hard until it went away. You may experience great pain while doing this, but you don't have to worry about it afterwards.

[Gatekeeper]

I've had this happen once or twice. I "popped" them ... they drained and went away. Some sort of pimple on the ear is what I've been told.

Gatekeeper