Seymour, CT
A 38-year-old male asked:

Feel lump on rt side of nostril crevice where it meets cheek. can't see it. hurts to touch or scrunch my nose. reaccuring. pimple? sinus cancer?

3 doctor answers3 doctors weighed in
Dr. Robert Grindstaff
Addiction Medicine 40 years experience
Nose pain : This is most likely a deep seated pimple and not a cancer
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Dr. Stephen Rothstein
A Verified Doctoranswered
41 years experience
Nose: Possible a pimple or a follicular is which is a hair follicle infection. You can start by putting OTC antibiotic ointment on it several times a day but check it out with an ent
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Dr. Devin Cunning
ENT and Head and Neck Surgery 31 years experience
Duration?: Sounds like a small furuncle (boil) in the melolabial crease. Depending on the duration of symptoms, time and warm compresses may help. Persistent symptoms may warrant a physician visit and antibiotics or biopsy.
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Last updated Jan 4, 2020

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