A 42-year-old member asked:
i feel lump or something in my ear lobule. what is it?
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Dr. Anifat Balogun answered
ENT and Head and Neck Surgery 29 years experience
Possibilities: Skin lesion, scar tissue, cyst, pustule, lipoma are a few things it could be. Best to have your doctor or ENT take a look at it for an accurate diagnosis and discussion of what if anything should be done about it.
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A 42-year-old member asked:
I have a bump where my earring was in ear lobule. Help?
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Dr. Neil Giddings answered
ENT and Head and Neck Surgery 39 years experience
Usually cyst: Small cysts can form from skin that is trapped in the area near a piercing. If it is stable and not painful no treatment may be necessary, but if it is enlarging or painful should be examined.
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Dr. Pierrette Mimi Poinsett commented
Pediatrics 38 years experience
It can also be a keloid- this is when your skin and tissue cells over react to healing- causing bumps, lumps near a piercing or cut.
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