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You ready to not have that no more?
Yeah.
It's been a long journey.
I really hope that Dr. Lee is able to help both of us.
If we both can't get it done, then I
don't see either one of us getting it done because we've
been through it together, we've got this far together,
and, I mean, we're either going home with or without them both.
Well, hello, you two.
I feel like I'm seeing double.
You are.
DR. LEE: How are you guys?
Hello, Dr. Lee.
I'm going to take my mask off if you are OK with it
because we're six feet away-- - Absolutely.
DR. LEE: --because it's hot out here.
Yes.
So remind me what you're here for then.
So we both have bumps on our heads.
OK.
I, Tracie, have the biggest one.
It's this one right here behind my ear.
DR. LEE: Oh, I see it, OK.
So I've had this one about 20 years,
and then I have another big one up here,
and then I have another one here.
They're, like, all on one side.
Yeah.
That makes it--
Same with me.
Mine are all on one side too.
The same side?
TRACIE: Pretty much.
Yeah.
Tracie and Stacie, they're such fun sisters,
but they have some bumps that are really
probably a pain in the head.
These are bumps that are not technically genetic,
but they do tend to run in families in the way
that probably we share the same type of skin.
I do think that these are probably pilar cysts,
but I'm going to have to take a closer look to make that call.
Tracie. - Yes.
Let's go for the big mama first.
Yeah, this is a pretty nice big one here.
And I have this bigger one up here.
This one reminds me of a baseball diamond.
DR. LEE: That's still pretty big.
What else we got? That's it, right?
And then I have this one right back here.
DR. LEE: So we got those three.
Yeah.
All right.
Tracie's three bumps are bigger than I initially thought,
but they are pretty soft and mobile, so that's
always good in my book.
I would really like to see Stacie's and see
what hers are all about.
OK, now for you.
This one leaks.
So he's gotten banged up a little bit maybe.
Mm-hmm.
I see the little opening there.
OK. - And then I have this one here.
DR. LEE: That one looked like the bigger one.
OK.
Yeah, that's the biggest one, and this one here.
Yeah, it feels-- it doesn't feel that big there.
All right, so I think three and three
would be nice and even here.
Stacie has cysts that are older.
They've leaked before, so there's
probably some scar tissue.
So they may be more difficult and complicated to remove.
Tracie's have never been popped, so it
would be interesting to see whether Tracie's are
easier to remove, or are they going
to cause even more problems?
It looks like they are pilar cysts, which are benign growths
on the top of the head.
It's pretty straightforward to remove.
Who's going to be first?
[LAUGHS] Oh, she just volunteered you though.
It depends on if you're going to be able to help both of us.
Well, of course.
It's all for one and one for all kind of thing.
That's right.
Thank you so much.
DR. LEE: I'll see you in a little bit, OK?
TRACIE: It was a pleasure. - OK.
It's a relief, kind of a weight off our heads.
We're in it to win it.
We are.
We're in it to twin it.
And you deserve it.
So do you.
We both deserve it.
I'm going to put some numbing here.
Are you excited about this?
I'm very excited.
OK, shouldn't feel anything other than us touching you.
TRACIE: Yes, ma'am.
Good.
Oh, it wants to come out a little bit already.
STACIE: Oh, that looks like mustard, Dijon.
Make sure I'm not hurting you, OK?
Just kind of tugging on you.
Make sure it doesn't hurt.
Looks like she had a little grape in there.
There's one little grape.
Number one down.
Oh, wow.
That was the whole thing?
It came out in one piece?
I just think that these are soft,
so they're kind of liquidy I think.
Do you notice my girls, they only protect themselves?
They really don't protect me. - [LAUGHS]
DR. LEE: [INAUDIBLE] today.
I'm a little scared.
It's got oatmeal in that one.
STACIE: Hey.
Hey.
[LAUGHS] Did I get you?
DR. LEE: Yeah. - Yes.
Oh, I'm sorry. DR. LEE: Hold on a minute.
That's OK.
It's not your fault. Applying local anesthetic
is like adding more water to a water balloon, essentially.
When you inject a cyst, and you increase the pressure
in the area, and then you cut into it,
this can sometimes happen.
Don't great.
STACIE: You're, like, cutting the sack out?
DR. LEE: Yep.
Sometimes they're stuck too a little bit.
That was satisfying.
All right, there's that one.
STACIE: And here comes the cream of the crop.
DR. LEE: Mm-hmm.
Brace yourself for impact.
DR. LEE: OK.
No impact.
STACIE: [LAUGHS]
If I get hit, I'll know she did it on purpose.
No way.
STACIE: Houston, we have a problem.
I would never do that on purpose.
STACIE: Oh.
DR. LEE: I'm going slowly because it's liquid.
STACIE: Oh.
DR. LEE: That's, like, oil.
STACIE: Yeah, like 30 weight oil.
Tracie, it looks like one of those plums that Lexi got.
DR. LEE: That was more like it.
I'm so happy for you, Tracie.
Thank you.
I'm happy for both of you.
All right, is it OK for me to take Stacie, Dr. Lee?
Yeah, if you can take her, actually--
All right, I'm going to take you down the hall.
- All right. - Follow me, please.
Yes, ma'am.
While I'm finishing up with Tracie,
I asked Kristy to help set up Stacie in the next room,
and I think that this is the most
efficient way to work here.
And I think it also is really nice that I
give Stacie a nice new chair.
Here you go.
It's hard for you to see from the side.
Oh, thank you so much.
DR. LEE: Oh, you're so welcome.
It's going to look good.
I'm glad this one back here is gone.
I can't even see anything.
It looks good.
Very good.
She's good at what she does.
Traci's three bumps were pretty straightforward but also
messy, so I had to change out of my scrubs,
and now I'm ready to see what Stacie's
cysts have in store for me.
I promised these sisters that I would
send them both home bumpless.
All right.
OK, part two.
I really hope I can live up to that promise.
OK, you shouldn't feel anything other than us touching you.
I'm ready.
This one is jammed in here.
Yeah, that one's just stuck to her.
You know why it is, is because it's been
scarred and gotten inflamed.
I just got started with Stacie's cysts,
and I can already see that there's a problem.
I think that there's a lot of scar tissue here.
Pilar cysts are very similar yet very different.
Some of them are more liquidy.
Some of them are more chalky or thicker
are ones that have been manipulated a lot,
but that does make it more difficult usually to remove.
I don't know how I'm going to get this thing out, guys.
I don't know if I can get this one all the way out.
It's, like, stuck to the skin.
Oh, this is the bad part I don't need.
Let me see.
I'm working on Stacie now, the second
of two sisters, and her cysts are really taking issue
with me trying to remove them.
There is scar tissue here, and it's
really requiring me to remove the cyst
in little, itty bitty pieces.
I promised the twins that I would give them twin removals,
and I'm hoping I can keep this promise.
A lot of it could just be scar tissue, but--
OK, I think I almost got it.
Take a look, sister.
I don't see anything else inside there.
TRACIE: Looks clear to me.
So you wouldn't put anything in here?
Maybe a two carat, three carat?
Hold on.
OK.
[LAUGHTER]
She'll put her keys in there.
I am one third of the way through my second case,
and I'm really hoping that the remaining two are
not as stuck as that first one.
You OK?
TRACIE: Yeah.
DR. LEE: Oh, this thing is wedged in there.
STACIE: Oh, yeah.
DR. LEE: They're all smooshed like you took your thumb
and just jabbed on them, like, to keep them--
pushed them down.
TRACIE: See, yours didn't squirt.
DR. LEE: Hers is a little more like putty.
Stacie, I don't know if you're going to be as smart
when she gets done with you.
DR. LEE: Yeah, do you think this is what her brain cells--
TRACIE: Your brains are coming out.
STACIE: Ugh.
It's coming out right now.
The consistency of cysts can be different.
I think that the ones that are really stuck to the skin
are ones that have been manipulated a lot by.
The fact that Stacie has really squeezed stuff out of them
before is the reason why hers are so stuck to her.
OK.
TRACIE: Here's a big one now.
Let's see how much brain comes out with this one.
Oh.
Delivery.
It is that kind of day.
It is.
STACIE: Did it squirt?
TRACIE: Yeah, it squirted.
Did I get them?
No, you missed it.
DR. LEE: Oh, it's on the wall.
TRACIE: Oh.
Hey, that was like all yours.
Sorry, buddy.
Almost there.
Well, I kept my promise.
I was able to remove three cysts in each sister,
and we also got to keep things interesting.
If you haven't been sprayed in here,
then you know you haven't lived.
Not only can they bond about being twins and having bumps,
they can both boast that they've squirted cyst contents on me.
Sister, sister.
Oh, wow. DR. LEE: Sister, sister.
TRACIE: Right there.
Yeah, I see that one.
TRACIE: That one.
STACIE: Oh, yeah.
Awesome.
I feel like the bride of Frankenstein.
I can't say enough about what she's done
and how thankful I am for Dr. Lee
removing my problematic bumps.
The embarrassing moments, people looking at me,
not being able to wear my hair up.
Now, I mean, that's a weight lifted
off my shoulders that I don't have to worry about anymore.
DR. LEE: You guys, this is the best
way to remove cysts, together.
Yes.
Love.
I think we're your first set of twins, right?
Oh, yes, probably.
Twin sisters, yes.
Exactly.
Sisters that spray together stay together.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
Thank you.
- Have a great day, OK? - Thank you.
You too.
Oh, you look beautiful.
You're going to look just as beautiful.
[LAUGHTER]
DR. LEE: It's been two months since I've
seen Tracie and Stacie, and they're doing fabulous.
They don't have to deal with these annoying
bumps on their scalp anymore, and now they can really
concentrate on their families, on each other,
and being the cutest twins ever.