Woman, 29, has dangling lumps sliced off her ears by Dr Pimple Popper

Woman, 29, has dangling, overgrown lumps of scar tissue sliced off her ears by Dr Pimple Popper after piercings left her disfigured

• Amber, from Los Angeles, had large keloid scars on both of her earlobes
• She had to wear headbands to contain the skin, which hung down from her head 
• Dr Sandra Lee, aka Dr Pimple Popper, removed the growths in her new TV show 

A 29-year-old woman has two large, dangling fleshy growths sliced off her earlobes in the most recent episode of new TV show Dr Pimple Popper.

Amber, from Los Angeles, needed surgery to remove the lumps which had grown out of scars from having her ears pierced.

Dr Sandra Lee, a spot-squeezing internet sensation known as Dr Pimple Popper, cut off Amber’s growths.

Amber had been wearing headbands to cover up the dangling keloid scars, which develop when scars grow larger than the wound they heal.

She was plagued by the pain of the large clumps of scar tissue hanging from her earlobes all the time, and said she could not even get comfortable lying down.

But Dr Lee successfully snipped off the keloids in a delicate procedure, and said Amber is healing well.

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Amber, 29, from Los Angeles, noticed the lumps started growing after she got her ears pierced

The growths, which hung from her earlobes, were keloid scars, which develop when scar tissue won’t stop growing

Dermatologist Dr Sandra Lee, aka Dr Pimple Popper, sliced off the scars in a procedure done with local anaesthetic

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In the premiere episode of Dr Pimple Popper, which aired on US channel TLC last week, Amber was finally relieved of her uncomfortable condition.

The keloids hung down from her earlobes where earrings would be and were growing bigger and bigger.

Growths appeared after ear piercing 

‘Two weeks after I got my ears pierced, I noticed these two little growths on the back of my ear,’ Amber said. 

‘A few weeks after that, they grew bigger, about the size of a small grape, and now they’re huge.

‘By the end of the day, I want to rip my headband off because they’re throbbing. I can’t even get comfortable laying down.’

In a sneak peek at #DrPimplePopper, Amber uses her headbands to distract from her painful keloids. Tune in to the series premiere tomorrow at 10/9c.

Amber said she would wear headbands all the time to cover up the lumps and try to stop the pain from them hanging down

Dr Lee (left) said the surgery must be done delicately because keloids can grow back if the skin is damaged too much

Amber had her keloid growths removed in the first episode of Dr Lee’s new US TV show, Dr Pimple Popper

Amber’s keloids had started off as small lumps but quickly grew to become bigger than grapes

Keloids develop when scars don’t stop growing 

People get keloids when they scratch, cut or injure their skin and the scar does not stop growing once the wound has healed.

The scars affect around 10 to 15 per cent of all wounds, and some may grow extremely large over time.

Earlobes are one of the most common places to get keloids, according to the NHS, and they occur more often on the head, neck, chest and shoulders.

Anybody can get keloid scars but they are more common among people with dark skin and younger people aged between 10 and 30 years old.

The ear is one of the most common places to develop keloid scars, according to the NHS

Amber said the scars became so uncomfortable they would be ‘throbbing’ at the end of the day and she could not even get comfortable lying down

The surgery was bloody because the keloids were near to the ear’s blood supply 

In a tweet last week Dr Lee says Amber’s ears – pictured after the procedure – have healed ‘so well’ 

Keloids can grow back if skin is damaged during removal 

Surgery is used to treat larger keloids, but they can grow back after treatment because they are caused by damage to skin and cartilage.  

Dermatologist Dr Lee said: ‘When I’m removing a keloid, I have to be careful not to damage any of the surrounding skin, because keloids are born out of trauma, so any additional trauma could cause them to grow back.’ 

The episode is bloodier than normal for Dr Pimple Popper, because the keloids have grown close to the ear’s blood supply.

Dr Lee more often sees patients full of pus in her clinic, which has a popular YouTube channel where millions of people watch her treat people’s problem skin.

But her procedure on Amber was a success, and she tweeted last week saying: ‘Amber’s ears have healed SO well and I bet you she threw out ALL of those headbands!’

Dr Pimple Popper was pleased with the results of the surgery

Huge lump of shoulder fat removed in same episode 

In another gruesome removal in the first episode, a woman has a huge fatty lump removed from her shoulder.

Melissa, 30, from South Dakota, had a lipoma between her neck and shoulder for three years and would wear hoodies all day and night to cover it up.

But in a grotesque operation Dr Lee managed to slice open the growth of fat cells and pull the huge – but harmless – tumour from Melissa’s skin.

WHAT ARE KELOIDS? 

Keloids are types of scars that occur when they become larger than the original wound.

This can be due to minor skin damage, such as acne, and can spread out of the original area and persist for many years.

Keloids affect around 11 million people around the world every year.

A tendency to develop keloids can run in families.

They look like exaggerated scars and are raised above the skin. 

Keloids are shiny and hairless, and can feel hard and rubbery, as well as domed. 

New ones are often red or purple before turning browner as people age.

Most sufferers have just one or two keloids, however, some have many, particularly if they are the result of acne or chickenpox.

Keloids can often not be cured as cutting one out may cause it to be replaced by a larger scar in the same place.

 Source: British Skin Foundation

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