The elbow is one spot you don't hear about pimples popping up very often. You expect blackheads to pop up on backs , but not on elbows. Leave it to dermatologist Sandra Lee, MD, aka Dr. Pimple Popper to change all that. She's tackling an enormous bump right on her patient's elbow. This lipoma is so big that it takes a video clip of 20 minutes for Dr. Pimple Popper to extract the whole thing.
In her latest Youtube video, Dr. Pimple Popper is removing a massive lipoma and she shows every exciting moment of the procedure. FYI: "Lipomas are slow-growing, benign (non-cancerous) growths of fat cells," Dr. Pimple Popper shares with the video. "These cells are contained in a thin capsule that creates the appearance of a 'bump' right under the skin. Lipomas are typically not tender, move around easily, and dont require treatment."
This particular patient had other plans and preferred her lipoma treated and removed. Dr. Pimple Popper thinks it will be a straightforward extraction when she assesses the lipoma. Her patient has a bright pink arm band covering her elbow, but soon she won't need it.
Dr. Pimple Popper treats this unusual bump like any other. She starts with her scalpel and opens up space to squeeze and pull the lipoma out. The first step is easy, then comes the hard part. The dermatologist sticks her fingers in the opening to work around the lipoma and free it from its longtime home.
This lipoma is nice and cozy, so it takes her a lot of wiggling and trimming to get it moving. "I see it right there, I want to squeeze it out," Dr. Pimple Popper tells her patient. "I tend to have very strong fingers." She's confident she can get the lipoma out, but it's going to take some work. Her patient explains, "He's kinda attached to me."
Check out the entire pop in the video clip below:
Dr. Pimple Popper says, "Sometimes they just gotta make you earn your love." She tries multiple different angles before she makes progress and finally frees the lipoma. Dr. P earned every bit of that satisfying pop.