There are a few things we can count on life: death, taxes and the appearance of the occasional annoying thing on our skin. Sometimes it's in the form of pimples that need to be popped, other times, ...

Pilonidal sinus—also called a pilonidal cyst—is a skin infection that occurs in or around the crease of your buttocks. This condition happens when hair, skin cells, and dirt clog a hair follicle, ...

After popping what she thought was an ordinary pimple, a woman discovered it was a cyst that would leave her with a permanent scar. Stephanie Warkotsch, 30, noticed the lump on her cheek at the ...

Chin up — it’s only a blemish. A TikTok user has shared why sometimes it’s best to leave some things to the professionals. Tyla Brimblecombe took to the app to share a cautionary tale about popping ...

The infection is caused by cysts created by the larva of the pork tapeworm. A report published Friday details a severe case in which a tapeworm infected an 18-year-old Indian boy’s brain, eventually ...

A 27-year-old man will have a scar on his face for the rest of his life, after what he thought was a pimple turned out to be an infected cyst. In late 2024, Kai Davidson noticed a small lump on the ...

A horrifying image of calcified parasites embedded in the soft tissue of a human body has gone viral after Sam Ghali, an emergency room doctor, shared the seriously disturbing scan on X. Describing ...