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Nodular melanoma?

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    • August 21, 2018 at 11:07 pm
    Nanate
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      I recently was picking at a small bump behind my ear (not on my ear ) and I noticed another on the other ear in a different location. I started picking at it before I could check it out in a mirror and I could feel a waxy oily type liquid with no blood come out. After that they just kinda flattened but slowly raise up again. (Well, at least one is. ) Still, I’d make and x out of the bumps with my nails and would still feel the same liquid come out. I have acne but I also have severe anxiety.. So is this nothing but a cyst or should I be more concerned??
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        • August 22, 2018 at 12:08 am
        jennunicorn
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          Only a dermatologist can give you an answer to your question.

          • August 22, 2018 at 12:08 am
          Johnjk04
          Participant

            Go to a dermatologist and have them do a punch biopsy on it. Even the doctors can't tell until they receive the pathology report. Do not take any chances with this.

              • August 22, 2018 at 12:44 am
              Nanate
              Participant
                False alarm. I gived it one last pinch and pus came out. A nodular melanoma would be firm and have no pus.
              • August 22, 2018 at 6:25 pm
              liberty04281
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                It is cyst. I have one on my neck. My dermatologist and melanoma neck doctor confirmed it, without biopsy. If you have pus inside it is not melanoma.
                It is SEBACEOUS CYST. You can go on internet and search.
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