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Hi i had a cyst on my neck for 2 years now,but recently it turned yellow like a pimple does so i sqeezed it and got some stuff out,but now it has swollen to 5 times the size and is hard as a rock and hurts and sometimes get those white spots like pimples
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Get seen: You squeezed an epidermoid inclusion cyst. It's human nature to do this but now your body has reacted to the stuff in the cyst and you're going to have a mess until a physician treats it. It may need to be surgically excised.
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