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Hey, popaholics.
Dr. Sandra Lee here, a.k.a.
Dr. Pimple Popper.
I have another awesome video to show you.
Today, I'm treating a patient with a pilar cyst
right on the top of her scalp.
I'm really hoping for an easy pop on this one.
So let's see what happens.
This is going to be the Boston cherry cyst.
Because she's from-- you're not--
I don't even know if you're from Boston.
Oh, yeah.
SANDRA LEE: But you have an accent.
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Yeah, I went to school in Boston.
SANDRA LEE: Oh.
And she has this cyst up here.
It started like a raisin about 10 years ago.
10 years ago, right?
I think you said it.
And now, it's here, a cherry.
It's a cherry cyst.
So this is a Boston cherry cyst.
Boston's not known for their cherries, are they?
No.
SANDRA LEE: That's not where you get cherry pies.
I didn't think so.
They're noted for the lobster.
SANDRA LEE: Oh, yes, lobster rolls and oh.
Maine lobster.
SANDRA LEE: Yes.
Boy, I know.
I love lobster, too, especially--
But there's a big difference.
SANDRA LEE: --enjoying the lobster.
I don't-- I'm not [INAUDIBLE].
All the flavor--
the flavor between New England lobster.
SANDRA LEE: Well, we lived in--
I lived in--
I went to school in Philly.
And we lived in, like, [INAUDIBLE] New Jersey.
We would go off, you know.
Sure.
SANDRA LEE: I had the best lobster
bisque ever in Nantucket.
Oh, my God.
It's so good.
SANDRA LEE: It had, like, the--
what is that called-- the puff pastry on top?
Oh, Yeah. Oh, yeah.
SANDRA LEE: Oh, my gosh.
It was so good.
You just like--
Lobster bisque is fantastic when it's made properly.
SANDRA LEE: But, yeah.
You want to take a nap afterwards.
Yeah, there's quite a few calories, being there's
a lot of cream in it.
SANDRA LEE: Yes.
It's very good.
You go back and visit a lot, don't you?
Actually, my brother lives in Prescott, Arizona now.
SANDRA LEE: Oh.
So I don't have anyone in New England.
SANDRA LEE: Everybody moved out of there, huh?
Yeah.
He was-- he was-- he's an engineer
in nuclear in Newport--
SANDRA LEE: Nuclear--
--Newport Virginia.
SANDRA LEE: --that's pretty fancy
Yeah.
And his wife was--
his wife is-- she just-- she just retired--
but a big muckamuck with consumer,
consumer union, consumer affairs--
vice president, or something.
SANDRA LEE: You've got quite a cherry pit here in your head,
quite a cherry pit.
You got it out?
SANDRA LEE: I almost do.
It's all-- it's sitting out, looking at us.
I'm going to just get the underside.
I want to put some numbing under there, just in case.
Because I didn't do that before because I couldn't get to it.
You OK?
Sure, I'm fine.
SANDRA LEE: It's almost like a little tick, huh?
It's, like, all engorged.
Well, it's had time.
It's had time to do whatever it wanted to do.
SANDRA LEE: Yep, it has.
I finally just said, enough.
SANDRA LEE: You did, huh?
You got tired of it.
I talked you into it, finally.
I finally gained your trust.
Well, after all these years, I think.
SANDRA LEE: I know.
I feel like finally, she let me earn
this cherry pit trophy, here.
That's a cherry. I'm going to show you.
You're going to like this cherry.
Now that's what I like to call a perfect, clean pop.
I was able to get the entire cyst and sac wall all in one.
A lot of pilar cysts can get stuck
to the layers of skin of the scalp
and then I have to remove it layer by layer.
But not this one.
It was so firm.
SANDRA LEE: Yes, it was.
It's no longer there, though.
It's gone now.
Piece of cake.
SANDRA LEE: Yeah, it's pretty good.
I think it's nice and [INAUDIBLE] there.
You are just too good.
SANDRA LEE: See?
It wasn't that bad, right?
You were-- you were dreading this.
Well, I wasn't looking forward to it.
I don't run to the life and I don't run to hospitals.
And I go to doctors once a year.
SANDRA LEE: Yeah, stay away from me.
No.
I mean, it's only when I can't handle it any longer.
I'm a procrastinator.
SANDRA LEE: Yes.
I am, too.
I've been in the hospital once in my life.
SANDRA LEE: I don't want to go to the hospital.
Me either.
It's full of germs and bugs and people that
don't wash their hands enough.
SANDRA LEE: True.
I don't know if you watched one of our episodes
when we had a guy who came from--
I don't remember where he came from-- the South.
And he had this huge growth on his--
on a shoulder.
I did see that one, I think.
SANDRA LEE: And he was very distrustful of doctors.
Oh, yeah.
SANDRA LEE: He almost ran out of here.
I remember him being very frantic.
SANDRA LEE: Yes.
Yeah, you've seen them all.
SANDRA LEE: I have.
I'm just amazed that they come from all over, doctor.
SANDRA LEE: It is really amazing.
It is.
And you just-- your reputation has gone far and wide.
SANDRA LEE: It's more like--
I feel sometimes, it's a little bit exasperating.
Because it's, like, I am not the expert at this.
It just happens to be now I'm exposed.
I'm out there.
You got that exposure.
SANDRA LEE: Yeah.
And I feel like--
I feel bad.
I'm not professing to be the expert.
And I don't want people to put that responsibility
upon me, either.
I mean, I want [INAUDIBLE] as far as I can.
Yeah, but you're as good as they get.
SANDRA LEE: But I feel bad if I don't
really want to do something.
Yeah. Yeah.
SANDRA LEE: I feel there's somebody better,
I'm going to tell them.
And it's hard a lot of times.
Well, you know what?
I saw it last week.
I just happened to have it on.
The finger-- the finger that you did.
SANDRA LEE: I'm going to show her that.
Oh, sorry.
I'm going to show you.
It looks pretty good.
But I want to show you your little friend.
You want to see it?
Yes, of course I want to see it.
SANDRA LEE: Oh, I thought you didn't want to watch anything.
Isn't that cute?
SANDRA LEE: Yeah, he's, like, hard.
Look at him.
He's a little furry little sucker.
It is a cherry.
SANDRA LEE: It is, right?
You want to cut through it?
Nah?
I don't care.
SANDRA LEE: Maybe there's gold in here.
If there is, it's mine now.
A diamond.
SANDRA LEE: OK.
I don't wear my diamonds much.
SANDRA LEE: That would be a great, great
little April Fool's joke.
Wouldn't it?
SANDRA LEE: There is your skin stored for years and years--
10-year-old skin.
Wow.
SANDRA LEE: See the width?
See the thickness of this?
It's like an olive.
It is.
It's a cherry.
SANDRA LEE: It's a cherry.
With a soft pit.
SANDRA LEE: A cherry with a soft pit.
I love that, a Boston cherry.
Thank you.
SANDRA LEE: You're very welcome.
And that's a wrap on another satisfied patient.
After 10 years, she can finally look at the top of her head
and see flat skin.
Thanks so much for watching.
This is it.
Catch you later.