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A 22-year-old female asked:

I have a cyst under scalp, 1 week ago i touched it it was kinda hard now i touch it,it's like it went down a little &not as hard. back of head.norm?

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Dr. Hasan Khondkeranswered

Internal Medicine 15 years experience

It could just be : an infected hair follicle . If the pain and swelling is going down I would just monitor it for now.

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