Watch Dr. Pimple Popper Remove a Huge Pilar Cyst on a Patient's Eyelid
? In a new Instagram video, Dr. Pimple Popper removes a pilar cyst from a patient's eyelid.
? Pilar cysts usually form around hair follicles and are filled with keratin.
? They're also common, affecting up to one in ten people, and usually benign.
Dr. Pimple Popper's latest procedure is hard to watch—and that's especially true if you happen to be the patient. In a new Instagram video, Dr. Pimple Popper—aka, dermatologist and TLC host Dr. Sandra Lee, MD—extracts a cyst from just above a patient's eyelid. "Don't blink or you'll miss this!" she jokes in the post's caption.
As one commenter—and apparently longtime fan—responded, "This is the first time I’ve watched one of her videos and yelled through it. I guess my line is drawn at eyelids."
Thankfully for the woman being treated, Dr. Lee's line is not drawn at pilar cysts, sometimes called wents, which are surprisingly common—affecting up to 10 percent of the population, according to Medical News Today. A pilar cyst on the eyelid, however, is more of a rarity—in most cases, pilar cysts form around hair follicles on the scalp and fill up with keratin, a type of protein found in hair, skin, and nails.
Thankfully, they tend to be benign and pose no real risks to the patient, aside from being somewhat unsightly. In most cases, they're treated just as smoothly as Dr. Lee does in the video above. Easy as it looks, however, it's better to leave the treatment in the hands of a professional than try pinching them on your own.
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