20160822 (disgusting)

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Sometime ago I mentioned Loki

Is incurring skin bumps and 

Eruptions whose size and growing

Number caused me to take him

To the vet to be examined. She

Informed me: “They’re harmless.

Older dogs get these things. They

Come, they go. Some get large

Before resolving. Some have to 

Be drained if they’re affecting

The pet’s quality of life. But 

They can recur. Removing all

Of them will not prevent new 

Ones and can be costly. Plus

Anesthetizing an animal has 

Risks of its own which you 

Want to avoid.” I pointed out

One reddish hard bump that

Had formed on his right

Shoulder area. “This is a 

Sebaceous cyst which is

Very near the surface and

Ready to erupt with a 

Little help.” She cleansed the 

Red bump with an antiseptic

Wipe and, without any local,

Punctured the thin skin. The

Creamy material inside oozed

Out copiously at first from 

The pressure of the skin

Swollen around it, then from 

Her carefully squeezing with

Her fingers what could be felt

As the body of the cyst. It was

A mixture of clear liquid, blood

And something like a waxy

Stalk emerging sometimes like

A tower folding over itself as

It surfaced. Loki remained calm

Throughout, appeared not to be

In any pain whatsoever as the 

Material was pressed out, daubed

With tissues, and again at 

The end cleansed with some

Fluid and dried off. The procedure

Took fairly little time for

Doubling the cost of the 

Consultation. Back home I

Wanted more information

And Googled YouTube for 

Explanatory videos. This is 

Where you’ve got to take

Great caution, as I discovered 

Once earlier when researching

Images of “skin diseases.” I’ll

Not do that again anytime soon

And I forewarn you not to do 

So lightly either. I thought the 

Images of skin burned in the

Hiroshima/Nagasaki blasts

Were repulsive enough. I came

Away with a new respect for

Dermatologists, somewhat like

The shock Jerry Seinfeld’s

Character underwent when, after

Belittling a dermatologist he

Was dating for specializing in 

Rashes, he discovered she 

Worked with horrible skin

Cancers in terminal stages of

The disease. “Sebaceous cysts”

Was topic enough to lead me to

A segment from the afternoon TV

Show “The Doctors” featuring

Sandra Lee, M.D., who is 

Widely known as the "Pimple

Popper” of heavily viewed YouTube

Videos. Without going into any

More detail than I have risked

Already, suffice to say some enjoy

Watching these recordings. When

One considers alternatives, these

Resolutions can be done at home,

Without great danger of infection (if

You’re careful), and once done, it’s

Done—no great risk of recurrence

Or aggravation of other illness.

Reportedly, mutual zit extraction

Is a fairly popular post-coital 

Practice second only to massage

Which, of course, leads to

Discovery of these bumps in 

The first place.

c. J.S.Manista, 2016