Question 1

hello. i would like to know if picking old scabs can cause  them to heal like a smooth bump?

Accepted Answer

Leave scabs alone: Constantly picking old scabs while a wound is healing will cause increased granulation or additional tissue to form increasing the scar.

Question 2

25/m small reoccurring bump 1/4 above anus comes and goes about 3 yrs now pops in about 3 days bleeds heals over can repeat in week or 5 months. ?

Accepted Answer

See surgeon: You might have a pilonidal cyst.  This is a small cyst that occurs in the crack above the anus.  This can easily be removed with minor surgery.  Please see a surgeon for evaluation and treatment.

Question 3

i think i popped my shoulder whilst biking. i was just a tiny little bump. 3 months on i'm still feeling pain should it really take this long to heal?

Accepted Answer

3 months seems long: A shoulder injury from biking should be evaluated by a sports medicine doctor or an orthopedic doctor if the injury does not heal up quickly. Perhaps a ligament (holding 2 bones together) was damaged. Sometimes there is impingement, where a ligament or bone is pressing on another ligament or muscle. After initial treatment, physical therapy for a few weeks should help regain normal mobility.

Question 4

hi is it true that if some molluscum bumps are heal then after all molluscum bumps becomes to start heal and if molluscum bumps heals can its reoccur at same place or its totally gone from that place?

Accepted Answer

: New molluscum lesions can develop after previous ones have healed or treated. It might occur at exactly the same location or nearby.

Question 5

how do you heal a risen bump?

Accepted Answer

Antibiotics: Risen refers to an infected mass:  boil, carbuncle.  It is often painful, red, swollen, and it is best to see a doctor.  Antibiotics can resolve infection when caught early, and incision and drainage is sometimes necessary.  If there is only a bump, nontender,  without redness, swelling, it is not a risen, and perhaps a sebaceous cyst, lipoma, etc.

Question 6

on average, how long will a hemorrhoid bump take to heal?

Accepted Answer

Thrombosed?: Usually hemorrhoids are soft, but when they clot, or thrombose, they become painful and hard.  Since I am not sure what you mean by a "bump", if it does not go away in a couple of weeks with warm baths and local ointments, you may want to see a colorectal or general surgeon to diagnose what the problem might be.

Question 7

i had 3 to 4 small bumps on my right buttock but it seems that they have popped and trying to heal. they don't itch and they aren't painful.

Accepted Answer

Viral vs rubbing: Unclear/ When they popped was there blood?  If not sounds like could be viral or possibly from rubbing from  something like tight pants. Not unreasonable to put a little neosporin on area if recent (prob just once), other-wise contact again if problem persists.

Question 8

25/m small puss filled bump ~1 inch above anus comes and goes about 3 yrs now pops in about 3 days bleeds heals over can repeat in week or 5 months.

Accepted Answer

Fistula: Sounds like a fistula in ańo  but depending on location could be a pilonidal cyst with abscess.

Question 9

25/m small puss filled bump 1/4 inch above anus comes and goes about 3 yrs now pops in about 3 days bleeds heals over can repeat in week or 5 months.

Accepted Answer

Likely fistula: Sounds like you have a fistula originating from an anal gland going to the perianal skin, need to see a colon and rectal surgeon ideally at a time it's draining.

Question 10

i have pimple like bumps on the back of my head what can be done to heal this?

Accepted Answer

Acne keloidalis?: A dermatologist will identify and treat this. Probably a type of folliculitis. Avoid shaving or close cropping of hair this area. Might benefit from antibiotic, usually mino(doxy)cycline in low dose for several months. Shower and shampoo daily.

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Hello. i would like to know if picking old scabs can cause them to heal like a smooth bump?

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25/m small reoccurring bump 1/4 above anus comes and goes about 3 yrs now pops in about 3 days bleeds heals over can repeat in week or 5 months. ?

A member asked:

I think i popped my shoulder whilst biking. i was just a tiny little bump. 3 months on i'm still feeling pain should it really take this long to heal?

A member asked:

Hi is it true that if some molluscum bumps are heal then after all molluscum bumps becomes to start heal and if molluscum bumps heals can its reoccur at same place or its totally gone from that place?

A member asked:

How do you heal a risen bump?

A member asked:

On average, how long will a hemorrhoid bump take to heal?

A member asked:

I had 3 to 4 small bumps on my right buttock but it seems that they have popped and trying to heal. they don't itch and they aren't painful.

A member asked:

25/m small puss filled bump ~1 inch above anus comes and goes about 3 yrs now pops in about 3 days bleeds heals over can repeat in week or 5 months.

A member asked:

25/m small puss filled bump 1/4 inch above anus comes and goes about 3 yrs now pops in about 3 days bleeds heals over can repeat in week or 5 months.

A member asked:

I have pimple like bumps on the back of my head what can be done to heal this?

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