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A skin abscess is a rotten sack of infected goo that the body is trying to eject. In her latest Instagram video, Dr. Pimple Popper does and incision and drainage on a liver-shaped abscess hiding behind a patients ear and gives an explanationand demonstrationto what an infection does within the skin.
The TLC host , dermatologist Sandra Lee, MD, predicts the soft mass will be wet, and maybe even spray. Upon cutting it with a scalpel, she doesnt squirted (which seems to disappoint her), but releases a gush of pink and purple jelly-like gunk. It takes Lee a few pushes to drain out all the nightmare gelatin out of the numbed patient.
I can see that it was a cyst because its sometimes when it gets enflamed, the contents break down, says Lee, as the fluid juts out. Thats like your body already tried to get rid of it.
Abscesses might be some of the more extreme marks to get popped by Dr. Pimple Popper . Unlike cysts, the contents are inflected or foreign to the body (though cysts can develop unto abscesses) and the skin is soft and painful to the touch. They often burst, as the body is trying to remove the harmful content, and the patient says this one ruptured three years ago. After rupturing, the abscess can reload on fluid and return. No doubt, shes relieved to get it drained by a pro after carrying it around for seven Marvel movies worth of time.
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View this post on Instagram Why you so abscessed with me? #drpimplepopper When a cyst gets inflamed the contents liquify and there is increased pain due to inflammation and increased pressure in the area. An I &D needs to be done in this case aka Incision & Drainage. A post shared by Sandra Lee, MD, FAAD, FAACS (@drpimplepopper) on Sep 1, 2019 at 8:18pm PDT