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A member asked:

Hi i have a lump above my hairline to the left of the bone its painfull iff you push on it its about the size of a marble should i be worried?

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Dr. J. Lawrence Dohan answered

See a dermatologist: Probably a benign trichilemmal cyst. Easily removed if it bothers you.

Dr Paudel agreed

Answered 4/16/2014

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